I'm staying in the area and this place always magically and magnetically draws me back to its store…read moreeven when I'm not hungry. This is a true testament of the fine quality of all their baked goods. While a bit more expensive than some other patisseries, I have found none other that have the flakiest empanadas, or those with the highest quality fillings. I particularly like the mushroom and cheese ones. All the other sweet goods are baked equally well. I find that now that I have tasted their offerings it is difficult to go anywhere else.

This place is the quintessential Argentinian bakery. The bakery opens early at 5AM and sometimes…read moreyou may have to arrive kind of early to beat the morning rush or to get the churros which sell out daily. I am serious I came here 3-4 days in a row and I could never get my hands on those darn churros. They must be filled with crack, because they sell out quick! The bakery offers cakes, tarts, pies, and cookies, but the real deal in my opinion are the pastries. You can just grab a basket and some tongs and they have a whole wall with an assortment of fattening yummies to choose from. I loved the ones filled with Dulce de leche or with cream. But you can also grab regular croissants or pastries filled with fruit jam. They are only 6 pesos, so at the moment that means 3 pastries are about 1 US dollar. That is a deal anywhere in the world! You can order breakfast sandwiches as well, but I was always in it for the pastries. Paying the cashier was a little strange and the servers didn't seem all that friendly, but I can overlook it considering how busy they always seem to be. Stop by and eat some pastries and remember to look out for those churros!

The very best bakery around. Great cakes, bread, pastries and sandwiches. Prices are just right,…read morebut be ready to queue for some time

Cute little neighborhood café, offering up a tasty range of the usual suspects in the local pastry…read moreworld. Staff, a little stand-off-ish, but efficient, at least. A café americano and a postre balcarce. Three layers of vanilla sponge cake, rather firm, the bottom two sandwiching a thin layer of dulce de leche, then the next layer up, a very thin coat of what I'd guess is sweet chestnut paste, no meringues, a thin coating of whipped cream around the outside, and then a heavy dusting of sweetened grated coconut. Not exactly traditional. Okay, no better than that, and only a nod at faithfulness to the original. Okay coffee. 100 pesos combined. Meh. What can I say, they can't all be winners.