Cabaña Verónica

Name: Cabaña Verónica
Address: Rambla República del Perú 1273, Pocitos, Montevideo, Montevideo, UY
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.4

Montevideo, Uruguay

Cabaña Verónica is a Montevideo parrilla that has been grilling Uruguayan chorizo over wood embers since 1958 in the Pocitos neighbourhood. The chorizo criollo arrives split and pressed on the grill until the fat renders and the skin blisters, served on a plate with chimichurri and bread, or tucked into a roll as a choripán. The parrilla is the defining institution of Uruguayan eating — long tables, slow fire, no rush — and Cabaña Verónica is one of the city's most consistent examples of the form. The menu runs through all the cuts of the asado, but the chorizo is the entry point and the reason most people sit down.

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Sausages served here

Chorizo Uruguayo

Montevideo & Uruguay

Uruguay has more cattle per person than any other country on earth, and this fact shapes everything about its food. But at an asado, the chorizo goes on the grill before the beef. These short, thick fresh pork sausages, seasoned with garlic, oregano, nutmeg, and black pepper, cook fast over hardwood embers while guests drink wine and wait for the main cuts. The asador checks them often. A skin that puffs and chars at the edges signals they are ready. The choripán, chorizo split and tucked into crusty bread with chimichurri or salsa criolla, is the street food that defines Montevideo. You find it at parrillas, at football stadiums, at Sunday markets, and at the smoke-filled stalls of the Mercado del Puerto.

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Cabaña Verónica

Sausages served here

Chorizo Uruguayo

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