Buenos Aires is a city of cafes, with much of daily life conducted inside the environs of them. Be it relaxing alone, business meetings, chatting with friends, or just to get that caffeine fix, cafes in Buenos Aires are thought of as useful places for anything and everything (almost). For some, especially living in a small studio apartment, the cafe is like their living room - only with table service!

Due to the importance of cafes in Buenos Aires, there are literally hundreds of great cafes all across the city. I will be trying to review some of the best over the coming months, to be listed here below…

Cafes in Buenos Aires

• Cafe Palacio Barolo, Avenida de Mayo 1370 (between San Jose & Santiago del Estero), City Center - a beautiful new cafe inside a wonderful old building
• Bar El Federal, on the corner of Peru and Carlos Calvo, San Telmo - OK, so it has bar in the name, but we promise that Bar El Federal has been part of Buenos Aires cafe society since it opened in 1864
• El Gato Negro, Avenida Corrientes 1669 (near corner with Rodriguez Pena), City Center - a nice old world cafe for lovingly spiced teas, coffees and infusions.
• Malasartes Cafe, Honduras 4999 (in Plaza Serrano), Palermo Soho - warm and cosy cafe in Plaza Serrano, perfect for a shopping pit-stop
• El Taller, Serrano 1595 (corner with Honduras - Plaza Serrano), Palermo Soho - a multiespacio with a cafe, bar, discussion salon, art space etc…

Cafes found within other locations in Buenos Aires

• Boutique del Libro Cafe, Thames 1762 (between Costa Rica & El Salvador), Palermo Soho - a bookstore that has a nice little cafe section inside it

Many more Buenos Aires cafes will be reviewed soon, so keep checking back, even if just to see me turn in to caffeine-addled mess!