Our story

From Buenos Aires
to 10th Avenue

The name

Why "Porteño"

In Buenos Aires, a "porteño" is someone born by the port — quick to talk, quick to argue football, and always up for one more glass at the table. That's the spirit we named the restaurant after: a place with no rush, where the asado cooks slow and the conversation runs long past dessert.

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The Porteño dinner menu, table-side

The craft

The tradition of the asador

01 The wood fire gets lit early, with no rush at all.
02 Cuts are aged and positioned according to how they cook.
03 The asador tends the fire all night, plate by plate.

“Dining at Porteño is like eating at home with your family and friends — good food cooked slowly with love, to be enjoyed with beautiful wine.”

— Porteño

The neighborhood

West Chelsea, with a porteño accent

We're on 10th Avenue near the north end of the High Line and a short walk from Hudson Yards, right where Chelsea meets Hell's Kitchen — a small room that fills up fast, with a Fernet-and-cola at the bar and a grill that never really stops.

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Fernet Branca poured at the Porteño bar

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