Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is big, some 14 million persons in the greater metropolitan area, and there is no shortage of eating establishments.  If you want to dine in your apartment or room, there are health food stores that offer gluten-free foods.  Labelled as above, these foods are not hard to pick out.  In fact, a visit to one of these stores can stock you up on 'just in case' foods and provide fare for picnics.  Check out Dietetica Cuarto Soles (Juncal 2376 in Recoleta) and others. Several establishments worked very well for this gluten-free eater.

 Celigourmet (Thames 1633, Palermo Soho) is a totally gluten-free bakery in Palermo Soho.  Yes, the 'Soho' is a gimmick, but Palermo is a fun area to wander about, and Celigourmet offers great pastries and other portable delights. They offer a limited supply of bread

         Celigourmet--A happy pile of yummies.        

Muma's Cupcakes (Malabia 1680, Palermo Soho) is not exclusively a gluten-free bakery, and I can not speak to their contamination protocols in the kitchen, but I can speak to the rich chocolate and sweet cream that slid between my lips in the company of a fine little coffee.

Muma's Cupcakes--What's rich, hypercaloric, and gone in thirty seconds?

Don Julio (Guatemala 4691 and Gurruchaga) is a parilla (restaurant focused on meat) also in Palerma Soho.  The food, being fairly straightforward, appeared quite safe.  The bife lomo (tenderloin) was tender and tasty, while the sweetbreads (thymus) was meaty in the mouth, a bit spongey in appearance, and not overly gamy.  The vegetables were steamed to the point of mush, but the real vegetable, the Goulart 2007 Malbec, hit the spot.

A diner can not live on meat alone. 

Freddo is a chain offering coffee, a few (non-GF) pastries, and ice cream, including a great selection of ice cream specifically marked gluten-free.  They use individual spoons in each tub, which means you are as close to safe as you will get.  Cultural exploration demands that you sample the dulce de leche flavour.