Abasto Shopping Mall

Abasto, the huge art deco style complex in the neighborhood of the same name, is Buenos Aires largest shopping mall. The mall’s baronial façade along Corrientes Avenue features five huge leaded glass archways that are emblematic of the neighborhood, especially when alight in the evening. Inside, a huge atrium floods the building with natural light. [...]

The Children’s Museum

The Children’s Museum of Abasto is a not-to-missed Buenos Aires attraction for the under-12 crowd. Here parents might observe the first spark of their child’s future career through experiential exhibits that allow them to play at being grown-ups. Interactive displays allow kids to act as a broadcast journalist, dentist, TV cameraperson, construction worker and supermarket [...]

Jewish Argentina

A trip to McDonald’s may not be the first item on a Jewish traveler’s to-do list when arriving in a new city. But there is something special about Buenos Aires: it is home to the only kosher McDonald’s outside of Israel. The kosher version of the golden-arched fast food chain is found in the Abasto [...]

La Bomba de Tiempo—Monday Night Drumfest at Konex

Every Monday night the drums sound and the hippies come out to play in the Abasto neighborhood when the group, La Bomba de Tiempo takes the stage at the Konex Cultural Center. ‘The Time Bomb’ is a 17-piece improvisational drum group that incorporates world beats including Central American and African rhythms, samba and Argentine folk [...]

Once and Abasto

Once/Abasto is a bustling neighborhood just a short subway-ride west of Microcentro. The predominately working class area is a refreshing — if somewhat chaotic — change from the cosmopolitan air of other sections of the city. Local shops line the sidewalks with everything from clothes, linens and books to home appliances and even custom-made manikins, [...]

Azucar — A Sweet Place for Salsa in Buenos Aires

Mix a little salsa and a little sugar and you get Azucar,  Buenos Aires’ most famous salsa club. Delightfully cheesy with junglesque murals and neon-lit palm trees, the flip side is that here you will never feel too fat, too badly dressed or too old to get out on the dance floor – in fact [...]