Una de las grandes joyas del barrio. Música en vivo los 7 días de la semana y casi siempre de…read moreprimer nivel. La sala de los shows es grande y cómoda; las veces que vi bandas ahi sonó siempre bien y siempre estuvimos bien atendidos. La parte que es restaurant está un poco mas abajo del promedio, pero el énfasis de la propuesta esta en los shows y la música. Si te cansaste de ir a bares de Jazz o de que te sorprenda una banda de salsa en el lugar más inesperado, Vinilo es el hogar de la música popular porteña.

My wife and I loved los Galgos ("The Greyhounds")…read more First some background. Los Galgos is on the list of the 100 Notable Bars that the BA tourist people promote. But los Galgos is more of a neighborhood restaurant which also serves alcohol. And by neighborhood restaurant, I mean nothing fancy. Every neighborhood in BA seems to have at least one restaurant for the people who live in the neighborhood, not for the tourists. The emphasis is on fast and inexpensive. The food at los Galgos was good, not great. But the ambience was terrific. Lots of little tables. Jammed with people at lunch time. Everyone seemed to know everyone else. We squeezed into a two top and ordered two sandwiches made from "pan de molde" -- gigantic sandwhich bread like you ate as a kid, maybe 50% larger. I can't even rember what we had. The older gentleman at the next table started talking to us. A public accountant who had business at a nearby government office for his clients. He said he had nine grandchildren. "You must be very proud of them." His answer: "Some of them yes. Others, not so much." When he left, a couple our age sat down. The woman immediately asked who we were and how in the world did we end up at los Galgos. She and her husband live in the suburbs and were staying for a few days with their daughter who lived nearby. This lady even went and asked the bartender how "Los Galgos: aquired its name. Truns out the original owner owned and loved greyhounds and used the name of the breed when he opened the restaurant in the 1930s. We chatted back and forth. I swear they would have invited us over for dinner if we weren't leaving that night. is los Galgos one of those places you shouldn't miss? No way. Would I go back? You bet.

Not as great as the other great historic bars of Buenos Aires…read more But great historic bars in Buenos Aires are pretty good. This is a mortal and not a god, But it is a fine fine mortal. * * * There is a major campaign in Buenos Aires to preserve the great cafeterias and bars of the Golden Age of that city. There is government money behind some of this. There are wonderful entrepreneurs who truly believe in what they are doing behind all of this Most of the rescued places are five star all the way. This one is merely four star - but that makes it better than many places in your home town. * * * They don't have a house vermouth here. The waitress told me the founders of the house invented La Fuerza vermouth, which is arguably the greatest commercial vermouth in Argentina. A little internet research showed she was full of petunias. La Fuerza was invented in Mendoza and not in Buenos Aires, by four people who do not have the same name as the person who created the Los Galgos Bar. But I think the waitress was sincere, and really believed her story. I was not unhappy to be drinking La Fuerza regardless of who invented it. La Fuerza is simply good stuff. * * * Los Galgos is more run down than the bars that have seen all-out restorations. From the floor up to the six foot level, everything looks wonderful. A camera could tell great stories about the room. But like many historic Argentine bars, this is a thirty foot high room. Everything from Foot Seven to Foot 30 is cheap awful industrial that has seen a lot of wear and tear. You feel like you are in a grungy warehouse that has had water damage. You go into the great restoration bars and everything you see is magical. * * * None of these problems have any relevance to what is going on in the kitchen. The cooking here is just fantabulous. I had an absolutely amazing salami platter/sandwich The salami was on millefeuille rather than standard bread. Argentine millefeuille when it is good is to die for. The millefeuille was at the top of the millefeuille game. The combo came with first rate green peppers. (Argentine sweet peppers of any color are better than what you get in the U.S.) Superlative olives Good enough grapes and a nifty mustard. I was one happy camper. * * * Normally when I am in gastronomic bliss, My eyes tend to roll up to the ceiling. I had to avoid that here because the ceiling was great at destroying the mood. But if I kept my focus narrowly on my plate or on my lovely wife, I could do okay. But food this good deserves to be rewarded ... Particularly if you are washing everything down with La Fuerza.