Café restaurants in Argentina
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Kato
Tired of the Arístides squeeze? This mellow neighborhood café/bar/restaurant is way hipper than all those places, and there's no fighting for a table. Empanadas, pizzas and sandwiches in a super-chic environment. Those in the know head straight for the lounging action on the sofas out the back.
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Sr Café
The most stylin’ little cafe in the center, this is a good place for coffee and a sandwich anytime. Weekend nights, pull up an outside table and enjoy the live music.
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Comedor del Paraíso
This simple and friendly spot is just down from the Casa de San Martín on a street named after the Liberator’s mother. There’s no menu as such, just a limited choice from what’s available. Portions are small but very cheap. If you ask a few hours beforehand, staff can organize other dishes for you. There are river views and out the front is a large, 300-year-old palo borracho tree, in which, they say, a young San Martín used to play.
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Confitería Zurich
Perfect for a midday break, this classic café offers suited waiters, professional service and sidewalk tables that scream for attention on a warm summer day. If you’re peckish there are salads and sandwiches, or just nibble on some dainty croissants while you watch the world go by at the plaza across the way. Things are especially exciting when the weekend feria (street fair) is in full swing.
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Tea Connection
Tea lovers in BA no longer have to settle for plain black leaves anymore. At this attractive corner café are 30 kinds of tea to choose from, including various kinds of black, red, green and infusion teas. The menu even instructs how long to soak the teabag and the ideal temperature. Sandwiches, salads, vegetable tarts and creative rolls all make good snacks, and breakfast is also served.
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Confitería Donato
Plenty of dark wood paneling and brass fittings give this place an old-time feel and the wraparound seats may have you lounging around for hours on end. The menu runs the usual confitería gamut, with plenty of sandwiches, cakes and coffee on offer. There is live music Friday to Sunday nights and the occasional tango show – drop in for the schedule.
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Panadería La Unión
First-rate facturas (pastries) and second-rate Nescafé cappuccinos keep this roadside attraction hopping. You may or may not recognize the Argentine celebrities gracing the walls (hint: the men are ageing rock stars, the women surgically enhanced). Buses break here to pick up passengers and hot water for mate (a tealike beverage).
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Natural Deli
Modern, organic deli offering delicious natural foods. Choose from creative gourmet sandwiches and wraps, fresh salads or vegetarian tarts. You can add echinacea and ginseng to their healthy juices and licuados, and there’s even a small health food store for take-home treats. Also at Gorostiaga 1776, which has a yoga studio.
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New Time Café
In the race for the accolade of Salta’s best plaza cafe, this two-level corner spot wins by several lengths. It offers shady (in the afternoon) tables, great views of the cabildo, Cerro San Bernardo and cathedral, and wi-fi. It also serves coffee and food, though it isn’t the cheapest. Live music some nights.
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Meraviglia
Wonderful new airy and bright vegetarian cafe with small but high-quality menu. Choose granola and yogurt for breakfast, and well-prepared salads, tarts and sandwiches for lunch or late afternoon snack. Everything is freshly made with mostly organic ingredients, and a few healthy products are available for purchase.
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Puerto Darwin
Featuring sandwiches, picadas and fish dishes, this cool cafe run by Darwin Expediciones has an easygoing atmosphere and views of the port. It’s a hike from downtown and street numbers aren’t labeled: just keep walking along the water until you reach the other side of a fenced-in industrial area.
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Café de la Plaza
On the northwest corner of the Plaza General Francisco Ramírez, this offbeat place has a bit of everything, with a terrace, chessboard tiles, tasty coffee, wooden bench-booths, food and regular live music (AR$10 admission). The decor blends traditional and industrial, and pulls it off. Applause.
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Mark’s Deli
Cool porteños and bagel-craving travelers pretend like they’re in New York at highbrow Mark’s Deli, a Manhattan-style cafe that’s nearly always packed. If you can score a table, the place is great for cappuccino-and-chocolate-chip cookies while you conduct a postmortem on your shopping day.
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Oui Oui
Pain au chocolat and shabby chic, anyone? Yes please. This immensely popular French-style cafe produces the goods – dark coffee, buttery croissants, jars of tangy lemonade – and boasts a cozy rose-colored interior that’s just as charming. Come early to beat the porteña parade.
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Café del Paseo
This is your spot on the corner of Plaza 25 de Mayo to observe La Rioja life. The cell-phone clique mingles with families and tables of older men chewing the fat over another slow-paced La Rioja day. It’s a fine place to try Argentina’s favorite mixed drink – Fernet Branca with cola.
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Peuma Café
If you’re after that traditional ambience (and a televised soccer game), check out this local favorite – you can be sure that all the old guys in town will be there. The menu pushes all the right buttons, with steaks, pizzas and delicious raspberry waffles (AR$12).
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Fabrica de Alfajores
Between the centro comercial and the tourist office, the Fabrica de Alfajores makes and sells delicious alfajores de piñon, (cookie-type sandwiches made with pine-nut flour) and serves up a mean cup of coffee or hot chocolate.
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Confitería París
Delicious sweet treats abound at this classic café, where patrons sit in air-conditioned comfort observing the passing street life through huge windows. There's a larger-than-usual variety of lunch items like sandwiches and salads, with take-out service.
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Yacarú Porá
Run with charm and enthusiasm, this attractive tin-roofed bungalow guarantees a warm welcome. The food is prepared to order and features generous portions of meat with tasty sauces, chicken dishes, empanadas, omelets and milanesas (breaded cutlets).
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La Aldea
Near the artesanía stalls at the ruins exit, this barn of a place has tables out the front, inside and on the rear deck. It serves excellent pizzas and minutas (snacks) and is one of the only eating options open late at night.
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Walnor
A cute little restaurant/café/bar overlooking the lake in the center of the village. They serve up tasty sandwiches, fresh trout and spicy empanadas, and an afternoon beer on the deck overlooking the lake is a fine way to end the day.
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Don Valentín
Just across from the entrance to the ruins, Don Valentín is a step up from the production-line operations serving tour groups along here. It has a shady terrace and cordial service, but doesn't stay open for dinner.
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La Sede
In a striking modernist building, this is a very Argentine cafe with a literary feel. Come here to read a book, enjoy the cakes and quiches or, at weekends, catch an offbeat live performance of something or other.
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Arte Bar
Breaking the German mold that so defines General Belgrano, Arte Bar is a refreshing café serving tasty sandwiches for lunch and a changing menu for dinner. Live music starts at 22:30 on Friday and Saturday.
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Merengo
Since 1851 little Merengo has been making some of the town’s best alfajores santafesinos (Santa Fe’s sugar-crusted version of the country’s favorite snack). There’s another branch on Av San Martín.
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