Old schools cafés of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires officially protects its most historically significant cafes under the "Bares Notables" designation — a government heritage program for places too culturally important to let disappear. There are over 70 of them, and most have been serving the same cortado and medialunas to the same neighborhood regulars for over a century.
These aren't specialty coffee destinations — the coffee is fine, the atmosphere is the point. Order a submarino, take the window table, and stay as long and stay as long as you want. Nobody will rush you.
**What to order:** cortado or submarino, medialunas, whatever's in the pastry case.
**Neighborhoods:** _Monserrat, San Nicolás, Almagro, Balvanera, Recoleta._
By Daria LittlefieldBuenos Aires
