Pizzerías in Buenos Aires
Undoubtedly, the typical dish of the Argentine gastronomy is the asado, which shares the podium with empanadas and the northern locro. But ask whoever you want: indisputably, the most typical food of Buenos Aires is pizza, an Italian legacy that took roots in the porteños’ hearts and palates. And, in the whole city, there is not a more famous restaurant than the best and most traditional pizzerias.
Those in downtown are the oldest: Banchero (Ave. Corrientes 1300), Güerrín (Ave. Corrientes 1368), and also, of course, Los Inmortales (Ave. Corrientes 1369), La Continental (Ave. Callao 361), La Americana (Ave. Callao 83), Las Cuartetas (Ave. Corrientes 838), El Palacio de la Pizza (Ave. Corrientes 751) and so many others in the surroundings of the Obelisco. The best thing is that there are pizza parlours in the entire city, some are more traditional and others humbler, but equally delicious and reliable for the Sunday nights rituals. Or at any another moment when people succumb to the temptation of a muzzarella with fainá.
Neighbourhoods also have their bastions. In Villa Crespo, Angelín (Ave. Córdoba 5270) takes over the invention of the pizza called “canchera”, i.e., that one made of dough with tomato sauce and without cheese and sold in the football stadiums. In Chacarita, in front of the cemetery and metres from Federico Lacroze, people can find Albamonte (Ave. Corrientes 6735), Santa María (Ave. Corrientes 6801), San Remo (Ave. Corrientes 6867) and El Imperio de la Pizza (Ave. Corrientes 6899). In Barrio Norte, near Tribunales, El Cuartito (Talcahuano 937) is a classic with its walls decorated with sports motifs. Villa Ortúzar is proud of La Mezzeta (Av. Alvarez Thomas 1320), which has a pizza mould to eat on the counter. The list is endless.
With the boom of the porteño gastronomy, a new type of pizza house appeared: in which the pizza is considered as high cuisine and found within the map of the sophisticated restaurants. Thus, Piola (Libertad 1078) and Filo (San Martín 975), among others, set trend serving pizza among art exhibitions or with jazz as background music.
In a city of polemicists, discussion among the supporters of the pizza prepared on stone or mould is legendary. Another question around the pizza is which the most appropriate beverage is: a cup of drink, beer or a traditional moscato wine. In the 1990’s, the couple “pizza with champagne” became famous in order to represent the mixture between the popular and sophisticated levels. However, no doubt appears about the following assumption: the complement to pizza is undoubtedly the fainá, found in every neighbourhood of the city.
Have you eaten pizza in Buenos Aires? Which is your favourite one?
Febrero 10, 2008 a las 23:16 Editar
I liked porteño pizza, but dont understand that many people in BUenos AIres swear that their pizza is the best in the world and that italians dont know how to make it!
It is like the women, porteñas are beatiful, but the italian donne are the best!
Febrero 15, 2008 a las 12:18 Editar
I think I gained at least five pounds because of damned Guerrin, but you have to love that pizza!