The walls of Las Cuartetas are lined with mirrors, yellowed tiles, and portraits of famous tango singers who once claimed these tables as their own. It started in the nineteen thirties as a popular pit stop for the city’s theater crowd…
Corrientes Pizza and Pastries
Taste legendary thick-crust fugazzeta, sweet medialunas, and traditional churros along Avenida Corrientes, tracing the deep Italian-Argentine culinary roots of Buenos Aires' iconic theater district.
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1. Las cuartetas
2. Confitería La Ideal
Confitería La Ideal features a dark wood facade topped by a delicate gold-leaf crown and stained glass windows that hold the street at a distance. When it opened in nineteen twelve, the Spaniard Manuel Rosendo Fernandez modeled the…
3. Güerrín
The storefront at Güerrín flashes a bright, vertical neon sign that cuts through the bustle of Avenida Corrientes. Since nineteen thirty-two, this pizzeria has occupied the same spot, started by two immigrants from Genoa, Arturo Malvezzi…
4. Confitería La Pasta Frola
The rounded corner of Confitería La Pasta Frola features distinctive, oversized windows that frame the interior like a stage. Opened in nineteen sixteen, this cafe served as a hub for the neighborhood’s working class and tango enthusiasts…
5. La Giralda
The Giralda building on Avenida Corrientes stands out for its curved corner facade, decorated with a distinct, repeated pattern of geometric stonework that breaks the straight lines of the surrounding street. This structure served as the…
6. El Gato Negro
El Gato Negro features a narrow, deep storefront with dark mahogany shelves reaching toward the high ceiling. Victor Navajas Centeno opened this spice shop in nineteen twenty-eight, naming it after a black cat statuette he kept on the…
7. Confitería La Ópera
The corner of Corrientes and Callao wears a distinctive curved glass facade, framed by dark wood and marble. Confitería La Ópera began serving coffee in nineteen twenty-eight, drawing the theater crowd from nearby stages. While the…