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Emmanuel Burgio
FOUNDER, BLUE PARALLEL,
A CUSTOMTOUR COMPANY
“On Saturdays, I like to visit MALBA
and have a bite on the terrace of Café
des Arts, then tour art galleries like
Galería Zurbarán or auction houses
such as Arroyo Remates—both in the
same neighborhood in Centro.”
Gabriela Troncoso
GENERAL MANAGER, TOMO 1
RESTAURANT
“I love to just walk through the city.
Every weekend you will find new
things. I like to sit in the Rosedal, a
little park full of roses in the Palermo
Woods, with my Yorkie, Ninna, and
talk to other people walking there.
It’s our Central Park.”
Martin Rosberg
DIRECTOR,
FIERROHOTEL
“Take an afternoon break in the cafés
inside the bookstores Eterna Cadencia
and Libros del Pasaje in Palermo to
read and drink good coffee. Or go for
a standup lunch at Fitz Roll on Fitz Roy
Street. It’s a healthy, inexpensive place
that opens only for lunch.”
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
THE INSIDE SCOOP FROMTHOSE IN THE KNOW
ILLUSTRATIONS BY PETER JAMES FIELD
Avenida Corrientes (
5
)
, lined with book-
shops and theaters. For your
merienda
,
or teatime snack, you pull up a stool at
the bar in one of the many pizzerias and
enjoy a li le people-watching along with
your Argentine pizza, which is greasier
than what you’ve had elsewhere (though
deliciously so), with a doughier crust.
Before heading back to the hotel ,
you join the flood of workers coursing
through the chaotic pedestrian retail
strip of Calle Florida and make a quick
stop for a
cucurucho clásico
, a cone of
Argentina’s famously rich ice cream, at
the
Freddo (
6
)
window. You opt for the
chocolate
amargo
, studded with big
chunks of chocolate—and are instantly
hooked. Fortunately, though maybe not
for your waistline, there are Freddo cafés
all over town.
After a nap at the hotel, you arrive
for your 10:30 dinner reservation at the
extraordinary restaurant housed in the
Panamericano,
Tomo 1 (
7
)
, which serves
haute riffs on classic
porteño
fare in a
sleek contemporary se ing. You’re saving
room for all the world-renowned Argen-
tine steak you’ll be eating tomorrow, so
you order the classic spinach ravioli. Sated
from the food and a few glasses of local
malbec from the extensive wine list, you
call it a day.
SECOND ACT
El Ateneo Grand Splendid,
a bookstore housed in a former theater on
Avenida Santa Fe; opposite, Calle Florida
bustles at night
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