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 jungle murals and neon-lights, the flip side is that …
Café Tortoni: A Guide to Buenos Aires’ Most Iconic Cafe
The Gran Café Tortoni is Buenos Aires’ most famous cafe. This historic Parisian-style cafe is a top choice for visitors who only have time to visit one café in Buenos …
Gauchito Gil: Argentina’s Cowboy Saint
Folk Saint. War hero. Outlaw deserter. Dubious myth. Antonio Mamerto Gil Núñez, better known as “Gauchito Gil” is the colorful figure who represents many things to many different people in his native Argentina. Imagine Robin Hood meets patriotic soldier meets protective Saint and you will have some idea of the many sentiments this mercurial character elicits in Argentine popular culture
A Guide to Pizza in Buenos Aires & Where to Find the Best Pies
Buenos Aires is one of the world’s great pizza capitals, at least in the sheer number of pizzerias. You can’t walk a city block without passing a pizza joint, or …
Football Argentina: Choosing a Team
One of the most important decisions any overseas visitor will have to make when coming to Argentina is which football club they are going to support. Everyone in Argentina has …
Football Argentina: Getting a Hold of Tickets
How to get a ticket to a soccer game in Buenos Aires? For some games it’s easy, but to see popular teams or big games, getting an official ticket may be challenging.
Which Argentine Football Games to Attend?
Trying to sort out which football/soccer match to go see in Buenos Aires? Our guide to the best games from Boca to River, to the Copa América can help.
The Allure of the Traditional Buenos Aires Cafe
To get a feel for the soul of Buenos Aires, it’s necessary to sample a variety of Buenos Aires cafe-eateries for a taste of Porteño life. The café-bar restaurants you …
Porteño Corner: Ricardo Aristides Guerrero
Ricardo Aristides GuerreroOwner, Casa Pintos Tobacco ShopAvenida de Mayo 738, downtown Q: How many years have you been here? I’ve been here 50 years, since 1960 although we were in …
Bar Uriarte: Mediterranean Cuisine with a Serving of Palermo Cool
Editor’s note: Bar Uriarte is now closed. The same owners operate El Gran Bar Danzón. Bar Uriarte typifies the modern Palermo Viejo dining experience. The restaurant is owned by the …