Argento Empanadas

Situated smack in the middle of the Iraqi section of Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda Market, Argento serves top-notch, handmade empanadas, flaky homemade dough stuffed with a variety of enticing, savory meat and vegetable combinations. Lucas David Zitrinovich arrived in Israel from Argentina in 2005 as a lone immigrant, hungry for a home. Since then, he worked his way up to the top of some of Israel’s finest restaurants. “I feel that people are really looking for small places with a lot of heart and a lot of warm hospitality, places that remind them of home,” says Zitrinovich. “This is Argento.”