StrayLight
09-16-06, 00:14
(Note: Moore, you can stop reading right here. La Maroma makes Rodi Bar look like the Four Seasons.)
If you prefer riding the subte or taking a collectivo instead of hoping in a cab, you're sure to like La Maroma, at the corner of Mario Bravo and Humahuaca, must a few blocks from the Madrona subte stop on Av. Corrientes.
This is an old neighborhood parrilla of the sort that I believe are getting harder and harder to find.
The atmosphere is...authentic. No other word to describe it.
The food -- if you're into really good neighborhoody parrilla fare -- is excellent and inexpensive. And the menu is about as full as any I've seen. For example, they must have 50 or 60 different pollo dishes.
I recently went with an Argentino friend who had the bife de chorizo. He got a good slab of meat -- cooked almost to perfection according to him -- and papas fritas for $14.50 pesos.
Although I'm into parrilla grub, I'm also into stews. So on a recent visit I had the locro, which I love. Unlike some of the locro up in the Recoleta / Palermo area (which is chock full of just beef and sausage) the locro at La Maroma had hefty portions of organ meat, too, which is what I look for in locro. It was thick and hearty and good. On a previous visit, I had the Lenteja (sp?) de Espanol, which was also thick and hearty and good. Next time I'm going to try the "cow stomach" (I can't remember the Spanish name) stew.
I don't know that I'd trek all the way down there just to visit La Madroma, but if you happen to be down that way and want good meal at a good price with lots of atmosphere, you might just check it out.
SL
If you prefer riding the subte or taking a collectivo instead of hoping in a cab, you're sure to like La Maroma, at the corner of Mario Bravo and Humahuaca, must a few blocks from the Madrona subte stop on Av. Corrientes.
This is an old neighborhood parrilla of the sort that I believe are getting harder and harder to find.
The atmosphere is...authentic. No other word to describe it.
The food -- if you're into really good neighborhoody parrilla fare -- is excellent and inexpensive. And the menu is about as full as any I've seen. For example, they must have 50 or 60 different pollo dishes.
I recently went with an Argentino friend who had the bife de chorizo. He got a good slab of meat -- cooked almost to perfection according to him -- and papas fritas for $14.50 pesos.
Although I'm into parrilla grub, I'm also into stews. So on a recent visit I had the locro, which I love. Unlike some of the locro up in the Recoleta / Palermo area (which is chock full of just beef and sausage) the locro at La Maroma had hefty portions of organ meat, too, which is what I look for in locro. It was thick and hearty and good. On a previous visit, I had the Lenteja (sp?) de Espanol, which was also thick and hearty and good. Next time I'm going to try the "cow stomach" (I can't remember the Spanish name) stew.
I don't know that I'd trek all the way down there just to visit La Madroma, but if you happen to be down that way and want good meal at a good price with lots of atmosphere, you might just check it out.
SL