Top 10 Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires’ Top 10
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Left Empire Thai Right Gout Café
Gay Clubs and Hangouts
! Amerika
Buenos Aires’ biggest gay
disco, this venue packs in a
gorgeous-looking crowd of gay,
lesbian, and straight people.
Straights hang out mainly on the
top floor, with gays and divas
mingling on the lower two levels,
where DJs spin techno, dance,
and Latin tunes. Expect a night
of hedonistic pleasures. d Map K5
• Gascón 1040, Villa Crespo • 4865-4416
• www.ameri-k.com.ar
@ ZOOM
Located on a corner of one
of the city’s main cruising zones,
this subterranean 24-hour bar
attracts an adventurous crowd of
Argentinian males and tourists,
from 18-year-olds to 50somethings.
Inside is a maze
with private cabins and
darkrooms. Pre- or post-cruise,
chill out in the cool lounge bar,
with house beats and flowing
drinks. d Map N5 • Uriburu 1018, Barrio
Norte • 4827-4828 • Open 24hrs daily
• Adm • www.zoombuenosaires.com
£ Club 69
Held in a century-old theater,
Club 69 boasts one of the city’s
wildest club nights, pulling in a
mixed gay-straight crowd with
hard-house and electronica. The
night’s big event is a 4am
cabaret show, which features
leather-clad performers on the
main stage. d The Roxy Club,
Federico Lacroze y Alvarez Thomas,
Colegiales • Open from midnight Thu
• www.theroxybsas.com.ar
$ Titanic Club
This kitschy cool club
attracts a mixed gay and lesbian
crowd. Highlights of a fun-filled
night here include dark rooms,
go-go dancers, hot strippers,
drag queens, and a huge bar.
With a cruise-like atmosphere,
the club is at its best on
Saturday nights. d Map M4 • Avda.
Santa Fe 2516, Barrio Norte • 4822-7530
• Open from 11:30pm daily • www.thetitanic-club.com.ar
% Sitges
This modern pre-clubbing
venue crams with an
unpretentious gay and lesbian
crowd of 18–40 plus. Strippers
perform on Friday nights, and
comedy drag queens on
Saturdays and Sundays. Make
sure you turn up before 1am to
get a stage-side table. Sitges
lacks the cruisey edge of other
gay-lesbian venues. d Map K5
• Avda. Córdoba 4119, Palermo Viejo
• Open from 10:30pm Wed–Sun
• 4861-3763 • www.sitgesonline.com.ar
^ GLAM
Set within a beautiful
colonial-style house, Glam pulls
in a hip younger crowd of gays
and lesbians, especially on
Saturdays. There are three bars,
a pool room, an exterior patio, a
playroom upstairs and, best of
all, uplifting dance tunes. The
crowd starts coming in around
2am. d Map M5 • Cabrera 3046,
Palermo • 4963-2521 • Open from 1am
Thu and Sat • www.glambsas.com.ar
San Telmo and Palermo Viejo are Buenos Aires’ most
gay-friendly districts.