Argentina

Zoilo chef Diego Jacquet launches Argentine-inspired pizza restaurant

16-Nov-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The Argentine chef behind Marylebone stalwart Zoilo has launched a pizza restaurant on Seymour Place.

London’s first empanadaría heads east

07-Jun-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Empanada-specialist DE NADAS will launch a site in Shoreditch next month following the success of its debut empanadaría, which launched in Ladbroke Grove last summer.

Fazenda to open its first London restaurant next year

14-Jul-2022 By Restaurant

South American restaurant group Fazenda will open its first restaurant in London next year as part if wider expansion plans for the business.

Empanada specialist DE NADAS to make UK debut in Notting Hill

28-Jun-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Next month will see the launch of London’s first empanadería - a restaurant dedicated to empanadas.

Cowboy re-builders: Gaucho’s ambitious reboot

07-Apr-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Martin Williams is back in the saddle at Gaucho leading an ambitious redesign and repositioning project that – all going to plan – will help the 25-year-old Argentine beef specialist appeal to the next generation of diners.

Gaucho group opens first site in seven years, in Birmingham

28-Mar-2017 By Hannah Thompson

Gaucho, the Argentine-style steak restaurant group, is to open its first site in seven years, in Birmingham’s Colmore District on 8 May.

Rita's team to open Genovese Argentinian Canteen Quilombero

27-Sep-2016 By Emma Eversham

Missy Flynn and Gabriel Pryce of Hackney bar and restaurant Rita's are to open a new canteen-style restaurant at workspace campus Republic at East India Dock. 

Casa Cruz London to open in July

25-Jun-2015 By Sophie Witts

A South American restaurateur is opening his first London venue in Notting Hill on 7 July.

Constancia pops up in Shoreditch with plans for permanent site

09-Jul-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Constancia, a family-run Argentinian restaurant in Bermondsey, has just opened a pop-up venue in Shoreditch Food Village with a view to eventually securing a bricks-and-mortar site in East London. 

Garufin Argentinian restaurant & café-bar set for Holborn

19-Oct-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Alberto Abbate and Gustavo Vazquez, the restaurateurs behind Garufa in Islington are to open their second venture in London - Argentinian restaurant and café-bar Garufin - with new business partner and executive chef Ernesto Paiva.

Casa Malevo pair to open Zoilo Restaurant & Bar in London next month

09-Oct-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Diego Jacquet and Alberto Abbate, the duo behind Casa Malevo in London’s Connaught Village, are opening a second Argentine restaurant in the capital with the launch of Zoilo Restaurant & Bar in Marylebone next month.

De La Panza brings Argentinean ‘bodegón’ style to London

11-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

De La Panza, a new Argentinean restaurant offering authentic and traditional cuisine, has opened its doors in De Beauvoir town, London.

Business Profile: Gaucho

29-Jun-2011 By William Drew

By combining high-value product with high-octane style, Gaucho Group has hit on a lucrative formula. But how does it maintain its appeal and values across a growing chain?

Argentinean evenings at Peach and free burritos at Chilangos

19-Mar-2010 By Becky Paskin

Restaurants, hotels and pubs tell us what they're doing to make their business more appealing and draw in more trade

The gaucho club carries on the Santa Maria del Buen Ayre success

31-Jan-2007 By Restaurant

Santa Maria del Buen Ayre is an amazing success story, so how about the sequel? I first met Alberto Abbate, manager and co-owner of Santa Maria del Buen Ayre, in December 2004, a week before he was due to open his first restaurant in Hackney's ...