https://www.saltshaker.net/20060114/a-beaux-arts-walk Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060114/a-beaux-arts-walk#comment-196514 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:29:45 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=228#comment-196514 […] side is primarily dominated by the back entrances to many important buildings along the parallel Av. de Mayo. The right hand side is a mix of office buildings and residences. I can’t say that there are […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060114/a-beaux-arts-walk#comment-169180 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:23:24 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=228#comment-169180 […] – It’s amazing how time flies. It’s been more than two years since I posted a little walking tour along Avenida de Mayo and mentioned some of the beautiful Beaux Arts style buildings, including the […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060114/a-beaux-arts-walk#comment-13062 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:55:18 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=228#comment-13062 […] Aires – A new Peruvian restaurant has just opened in Buenos Aires, situated behind the Palacio Barolo. The place is called Chan Chan, Hipolito Yrigoyen 1390, after the ancient city located outside […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060114/a-beaux-arts-walk#comment-183 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:01:53 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=228#comment-183 […] Plaza Asturias, Avenida de Mayo 1199, is one of the top rated old-line Spanish restaurants in the city, by more than one rater. It’s also a semi-elegant (white tablecloths, nicely dressed waiters, good ambiance other than somewhat overly bright lights), very large (easily seating 150 people) spot located in a beautiful corner Beaux Arts building. From outside you could be excused for thinking it’s nothing more than a fancified cafeteria, but you’d be mistaken. While a place like this may never garner rave reviews for its decor, creativity, and presentation, if you want some solid, home-style, family food from Spain, you won’t be disappointed here – but stick to the Spanish side of the menu, what we ate from it, and what others were eating, was being downed with gusto; where they stray into local cuisine, i.e., the parrilla menu, which is stuck in the back of the menu book and clearly there for the folks who just won’t eat anything else, you’d be better off avoiding. […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060114/a-beaux-arts-walk#comment-138 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:54:09 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=228#comment-138 […] A bit later I found myself in Plaza Congreso, and glancing up, happened to notice the old Confitería el Molino building, which I’d heard about but hadn’t noted before. It was named because it was erected on the site of the first flour mill in Buenos Aires (molino = windmill). The first “confectionary” was built in 1850, but later the building was torn down and completely rebuilt in 1917 in the art nouveau style. The new confitería continued to operate for another 80 years, and was “the” place for politicians and the elite of the city. In 1997 it closed its doors. […]

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