Uruguay – La Chacra del Puerto

Today is our last full day in Ciudad Vieja and started packing things up but we made one last trip to eat at a restaurant Anthony Bourdain ate at here except it was closed.

We found another restaurant with similar menu and ate there call La Chacra del Puerto.

The beef steak was amazing. It was cooked on a charcoal grill so it had the added smoke flavor. Tender and juicy and melt in your mouth flavor country.

Skip the fries, they were fairly bland.

The big clue that this would be a great place was the image below indicating they are aware of the cuts of beef available in a cow.

Total tab (with tip) was $2800 ($69 USD)

We move to a hotel in Punta Carretas tomorrow and closer to more upscale environment.

The image below is of a walk along Ciudad Vieja main st.

We then walked to the Museum of Decorative Arts, essentially a large older estate home.

The exterior.

The interior conference room.

The piano room.

Exterior garden.

After the estate visit, we headed to the National Historic Museum.

Lots of old pistols and guns but the one below is my favorite as it has a tapered canon looking end.

Interesting historical painting and journal.

In the image below, you can see an offset embedded in the image. The original painting featured only men and everyone knows women exist and participate in its effects so the artist here added a layer that included women and their role during war.

Cool painting.

Our last day on this side of town so took one last photo of the vast ocean and our tiny role in it.