El Cuartito

We, as humans, as many other animals, tend to crowd; is one of our instincts. We see many people getting together in one place and we think: "it's safe", "it's good" or maybe "it's free". Wherever I go to dine and see many people waiting, I wonder if they are there for the food or for others to see and tell.
 I hardly form lines or wait outside restaurants. For me it's simple: I am hungry equals I want to eat. But when the desire of the best pizza or the pleasure of a perfect empanada invades my delicate palate, I have this dilemma. El Cuartito is always crowded. So I go, I wait, I complain, I envy the people who's already eating, I observe with indifference the pictures on the wall, I wonder why the place hasn't changed... But then is my turn, and from anxiety and anger, I pass to hope and expectation; and bite my first slice of pizza. It's something that makes me fells as if I am eating pieces of heaven. The complaints, the envy and the frustration disappear. The atmosphere suddenly is beautiful. All because of that bite of pizza pleasure.

When visiting Buenos Aires, Anthony Bourdain choose this restaurant for tasting the traditional argentinian empanadas, and he was not wrong. The Cuartito´s empanadas are among the best in the city. Try some of the special "gustos" (flavors), like tuna (Bourdain´s favourite). Prices are a little bit over the average but it is worth.