I work in that area (around Avellaneda) and yes, there are plenty of good eats. I will ask my relatives for some recommendations.

I am also married to a Korean and regularly eat around Carabobo. Always feel uneasy though, as there have been a number of violent attacks on the doorsteps of Korean restaurants.

There is an excellent korean-owned sushi and seafood restaurant just off Carabobo (& asamblea?). Very different to other downtown sushi spots I have visited. Also reasonably priced and most importantly there is nearly always a well-paid cop at or very near the door. If you do decide to pay a visit, I would suggest you remis in and remis straight out again.

I’m surprised that no one has mentioned the other korean community in northwestern Flores. In the area between Av. Avellaneda and Av. Gaona, along Campana are more authentic korean restaurants and shops in a much safer area. The best korean restaurant in the city (according to a korean man I talked to), is in fact in this same area, on the corner of Campana and Felipe Vallese.

Buen provecho.

While historically I’d agree with you Deby, there was clearly a different atmosphere on the street – as in, no people from the Korean community. I’m used to, on past visits, and especially on a beautiful afternoon, the shops being open, people walking the streets, dining in the restaurants, shopping, etc. There was almost no one out. And every shop, even those grocery stores that are normally wide open, had their doors shut and buzzing people in. The restaurants were empty. The kiosk is there, but there was no officer in it. The one officer who was in a patrol car, well, you saw his reaction in my writeup. The folks in the remis service thought we were nuts for being there on the block.

It’s a caution – there’s no question the food is better in many of the restaurants out there than at Bi-Won, but, if as seems to be the case, the danger from the villa is now spilling over into the barrio, it’s worth being aware that it’s a risk. As to the subway, had I remembered that the A line had extended to Carabobo (that’s only about a year now since they did that, and I haven’t used the subway out that way), we might have taken it. On the other hand, according to both the current Guia T and past experience, the 101 bus from my neighborhood has always run out Castañares and turned up Carabobo (and I’ve taken it many a time to go there), so you could actually get off the bus in the middle of Barrio Corea without ever approaching the villa, which made it very easy – that’s apparently no longer the case, it now goes directly to the villa and bypasses the barrio – something we didn’t know, and which clearly needs to be updated in the bus guide.

On Carobobo there is now a Police Kiosco. You were robbed in a villa – a dangerous place to be. You were not robbed where the restaurants are. A big difference.

I would never exchange the great restaurants in this barrio for the bland food at Bi-Won.