The Bon Vivant Blog

We found this place from reading both the Time-Out guide for BA and the Lonely Planet City Guide – hardly two sources authoritative on all things for Bon Vivants, but we were in need of lunch and thought we’d give it a try. And yes, were were (again) pleasantly surprised. Cumaná is famous for its [...]

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“Winery” is a chain of liquor stores throughout Buenos Aires (and perhaps farther afield?) that stock not only an excellent selection of Argentinian wines, but also have in-store wine bars – some of which would pass muster just on their own as wine bars – where you can do a tasting, try a sampling platter [...]

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Up there with the rest of the world’s famous cafes – Les deux Magots, Cafe Select, Cafe Greco, the tea room at Fortnum & Mason, Cafe Florian – Cafe Tortoni is Buenos Aires’ oldest and most famous cafe. It certainly has the atmosphere and the pedigree to be in the list of the World’s Top [...]

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Recommended by a friend and native Porteno, this place marked the end of a long stroll through the open-air market on La Defensa. Looking out on the pretty and very busy Plaza Dorrego, this well-worn bar is the perfect place to stop, ask for a glass of Quilmes Chopp (chopp = draught), and have a [...]

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