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By: Ushuaia Eats

Ushuaia Eats — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:11:45 +0000

[…] El Viejo Bar, along with a selection of local beers, or even grabbing an all you can eat lunch at Arco Iris along San Martín when we just needed a salad […]

By: The British Are C… Oh Wait, No, They’ve Gone….

The British Are C… Oh Wait, No, They’ve Gone…. — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:16:08 +0000

[…] pretty much the first white person, to head into Tierra del Fuego – and was the founder of Estancia Harberton, which I visited on my Ushuaia trip last year. Also buried in the same plot are his son, Estaban […]

By: dan

dan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:43:33 +0000

That’s about the prices they were charging for things. And I liked that, although there were plenty of tourists in the room, there were also clearly plenty of locals/regulars. The place just felt more “local” or “authentic”, however one might define those.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:29:04 +0000

The cost of living here is one of the highest in the country and I believe TDF is ranked 3rd for highest median salaries. (Santa Cruz and Chubut are 1 and 2)

To give you some perspective of prices on the other side of the island for, at least, decent restaurants. Appetizers range from $25 for rabas to $35-$40 for copa de whatever seafood or lamb stew. Main course meats and seafood from $40 to $65. If that’s what the menu looked like at Bodegón Fueguino then that’s your typical TDF restaurant with at least decent fare.

By: Jim Richards

Jim Richards — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:29:13 +0000

Dan, I think you really nailed the Ushuaia scene and experience. I was there for two visits of about 9 days each for nordic skiing in month of July a couple of years ago in the dead of their winter. I had a few great meals at Kaupe but the price points compared to BA were very high.

My highpoint of the seafood experience was a small small cafe downtown where the centolla was amazing and my plate was heaped with crab meat. So good. Some other places it had the distinct frozen taste to it and I think at this time of year all of it was from frozen stock. The Patagonia toothfish or sea bass was hit or miss too, but a couple of times, it was outstanding and again at this now forgotten name of a restaurant.

The town itself had a little feel of a time forgotten place where the mainstream of life had bypassed it by. Winter with the melt and snow and also fresh snow seemed to reinforce this. The skiing was great and overall I very much enjoyed my time there.

The hotel I stayed in was great overlooking the bay and while not huge, of great value of around 50 pesos a night.

Regards,

Jim in Minnesota

http://www.maplelag.com

By: dan

dan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:51:44 +0000

It really was a great little visit, and I was actually sorry to leave so soon. I can’t say I was thrilled with the prices, especially for the food, and the quality, for the most part, was far less than what I’d expected, or hoped for at least. Then again, I really didn’t explore restaurants outside of the central area of town, and the next time I go down I’d really like to do so. Probably more local cuisine and more reasonable prices, as I’m sure that the locals don’t generally pay those kind of prices.

Morgan F and his penguins were in Antarctica, not Tierra del Fuego… long way away!