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<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>’ <strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong><br />
44<br />
Left Salón Canning Right Nuevo Salón La Argentina<br />
Tango Clubs and Milongas<br />
! Centro Cultural<br />
Torquato Tasso<br />
This intimate dinner-concert<br />
venue is the place to watch live<br />
tango performances. Musicians<br />
run the gamut from guitarists to<br />
accordionists, to flautists, and<br />
vocalists such as Adriana<br />
Varela – contemporary tango’s<br />
star. Tango classes precede<br />
recitals. Also try the<br />
Sunday night milonga.<br />
d Map F4 • Defensa 1575, San<br />
Telmo • 4307-6506 • Adm<br />
• www.torquatotasso.com.ar<br />
El Querandí @ This lively place<br />
holds dinner-tango<br />
shows in a beautifully<br />
restored San<br />
Telmo building dating<br />
from 1867. Performances<br />
are a fusion of<br />
tango and theater,<br />
telling the story of tango’s birth<br />
in the city’s bordellos to its embracement<br />
by the bourgeoisie,<br />
and later its reinvention by Astor<br />
Piazzolla (see p28). The ambience<br />
is romantic and intimate. d Map<br />
F2 • Perú 322, San Telmo • 5199-1770<br />
• Adm • www.querandi.com.ar<br />
# Tanguería El Beso<br />
This lovely little 30-year-old<br />
milonga welcomes dancers from<br />
18 to 80 years, both tourists and<br />
locals. The parquet floor is lit by<br />
lantern-like lighting and the<br />
horseshoe-shaped bar serves<br />
home-made pastas plus wines.<br />
Tuesday is touristy, Thursday is<br />
Tango show at El Querandi<br />
traditional with a smart dress<br />
code, while Sunday is the most<br />
popular night. Simply choose the<br />
night for you. d Map N6 • 1st Floor,<br />
Riobamba 416, Once • 4953-2794<br />
• Adm • Elbesotango@yahoo.com.ar<br />
$ Niño Bien<br />
This Belle Époque<br />
ballroom hosts one<br />
of the city’s most<br />
traditional milongas.<br />
Here, invitations to<br />
dance are made by<br />
men only, via a<br />
series of nods and<br />
signals, and on the<br />
floor, dancers locate<br />
hands whilst maintaining<br />
eye contact –<br />
anything else is bad<br />
taste. The dance<br />
evokes tremendous<br />
nostaligia. Expect<br />
plenty of tourists. d<br />
Map D3 • Humberto 1° 1462, Constitución<br />
• 4147-8687 • Open <strong>10</strong>pm–4am Thu<br />
% Café de los Angelitos<br />
Opened in 1890, this café<br />
earned its “Little Angels”<br />
moniker in the 1920s, when it<br />
was frequented by the local<br />
mafia. Today, it hosts cabaretstyle<br />
dinner-tango extravaganzas<br />
in which dancers perform<br />
dramatic and breathtaking tangos<br />
to a live six-piece orchestra. Post<br />
razzmatazz, visit the bar restored<br />
with stained-glass murals and a<br />
mosaic floor. d Map C1 • Avda.<br />
Rivadavia 2064, Congreso • 4952-2320<br />
• Adm • www.cafedelosangelitos.com<br />
Milongas are neighborhood dance halls where people go to<br />
dance tango.
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