Puerto Madero — Restaurant in Santa Ana

🇦🇷 ARGENTINA 🇺🇾 URUGUAY Excerpt from Eat the World Los Angeles: Puerto Madero presents itself as a mercado latino & carniceria, and delivers on both. There are shelves organized by country with products from Colombia, Spain, and of course Argentina, among others. In the back a small meat market has the many cuts of cow and sausages necessary to make your very own home parrillada.

One shelf is entirely devoted to different types of yerba mate, the strong preference of most in Argentina for their caffeinated morning beverage. In the back a few cases display freshly baked breads and sweets.

At the top of the sandwich list is a slightly odd choice for an Argentinean market. The chivito ($9.99, above and below) is the unmistakable national dish of Uruguay, an always impressive stack of foods caught...

While the products are quite high on certain items I appreciate the aspect of a wide variety of products even with the size that they are. For example I've been looking for canned calamare in its ink for a long time here in oc. Well they have it.... But where you would normally pay roughly $2.50 for the small can size of a sardine can they charge $4.50. But if you want it you'll pay the price and I did. I can see $1.00 price difference but $2.00 is going a bit far. Meat is highly priced, I was dissapointed in that. But it's the closest market where you can get our products here in OC instead of having to go to LA County. Glad they...

Sanduche de Lomito with spicy chimichurri…..delicious!!!! Always hits the spot!! Freshly made, always cooked to perfection.

I forgot to add, the location looks a little sketchy. Windows are boarded up, but, don’t be afraid. Walk inside and you’ll see a small market filled with Colombian, Peruvian, and Argentinian imported food products and the small restaurant...