https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-272699 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:33:41 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-272699 […] took over several years ago from a satellite branch of the famed (though in my mind, infamous) La Brigada, where I decline to eat. Unfortunately, the quality of the steaks has declined with each of those […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-272249 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:38:57 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-272249 […] parrilla, a branch of the famed La Brigada in San Telmo, about which I have, let’s say, an opinion, or three (rumor has it that much has changed since that post, nine years ago, but it’s really hard to […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-195800 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:49:40 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-195800 My pleasure. Glad you liked Don Julio – I actually kind of like that “non-ambiance” feel – it’s just steaks, nothing fancy, no frills, and other than the vast array of empty wine bottles signed by past customers, no decor.

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-195796 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:28:24 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-195796 I’m glad I read this review before going to La Brigada. We have tourist friends in town and I was torn between this, which I haven’t been to yet, and Don Julio, which I have visited after reading your recommendation. Don Julio is excellent – great food, great service, a little short on ambiance, but great prices and wine list more than make up for that. We’ll be heading back to Don Julio with our friends. Thanks!

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-182806 Sat, 09 May 2009 17:37:24 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-182806 […] there, it’s the general attitude of the place, particularly their door policies – the place, La Brigada, and you can read what I thought about the place on the […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-404 Thu, 11 May 2006 13:27:13 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060121/the-far-east-steak#comment-404 […] Last night we set out on this adventure, and it was a bit of one. First, we realized yesterday afternoon that we had no clear idea where the show was being held. The tickets didn’t specify. Neither did Ticketek’s website. Neither did Cirque du Soleil’s. They all just said Costanera Sur. Well that’s a long stretch… it refers to the entire riverbank from the downtown district all the way to La Boca. It includes a promenade, parks, the ecological reserve, hotels along one side, a casino or two. We decided to trust in fate and figured that given that the show was into its second week, most cabbies here would either know where it was being held, or be able to call in to their dispatcher to find out. Wrong. Our cabbie didn’t have a clue. He remembered seeing ads for Cirque, but that’s about it. Ditto his dispatcher. Ditto every cabbie he hailed out the window. But we gamely headed for the Costanera Sur, figuring it was highly unlikely that it was along the promenade stretch, there being no where to put the show, we started at the western park end of it. Soon enough, we saw a small sign mounted on a lightpole with an arrow, and started down a winding road, and lo and behold, there were circus tents! Turned out, had we gotten off on the promenade, it was walkable in a matter of five minutes, but coming by car required a bit of wandering around. Also given that we were early, we didn’t have the long stretch of vehicles headed that way that began to show up 20 minutes later. […]

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