Francis Mallmann's Chiringuito sits on the dunes of Ruta 10 at the km 185.5 marker, facing the sea. Open-air cooking with a clay oven and grill, Uruguayan dishes and the fire always in view. It is a different place from Restaurante Garzón, the same chef's house in Pueblo Garzón, inland.

It opens only in season, from midday, and bookings go through Meitre, an online reservation platform, according to the parador itself; a parador is a beach restaurant. Opening dates and prices are handled through the contact on this listing; the portal does not publish them. In Uruguay the season means the southern summer, so it is closed during the northern-hemisphere summer months. What else is on that stretch of coast is in the Ruta 10 guide, kilometre by kilometre.

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Cuisine: open fire, grill and clay oven. Dishes: fire-cooked meats and fish, Uruguayan dishes. Season: summer.