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Left Teatro La Metropolitan Center Teatro Gran Rex Right Cadore<br />

Avenida Corrientes Highlights<br />

! Gandhi Galerna<br />

This is one of the best<br />

bookstores on Corrientes. The<br />

theater upstairs hosts plays<br />

on weekends. d Map N6<br />

• Avda. Corrientes 1743 • 4374-7501<br />

Rigoletto Curioso @ This store sells pop memorabilia<br />

and reproductions. Best<br />

of all are the antique theater<br />

posters. d Map N6 • Avda. Corrientes<br />

1660 • 6320-53<strong>10</strong><br />

£ Zum Edelweiss<br />

This restaurant and beerhouse<br />

recalls the 1930s heyday<br />

of Avenida Corrientes. It has<br />

been run by the same family<br />

of German descent since 1933.<br />

d Map P5 • Libertad 431 • 4382-3351<br />

$ Teatro La Metropolitan<br />

In an Art Deco building, the<br />

Metropolitan stages local<br />

productions as well as imported<br />

Broadway-style shows. d Map P6<br />

• Avda. Corrientes 1343 • 5219-0648<br />

% Bombonera Bombonella<br />

This chocolatier is great for<br />

inexpensive gifts, with big candy<br />

love hearts and chocolatey<br />

images of national icons. d Map<br />

P6 • Avda. Corrientes 1479 • 4371-0633<br />

Teatro San Martín ^ This state-run theater has<br />

superb facilities that include<br />

three auditoriums and an arthouse<br />

cinema. It holds first-rate<br />

ballet productions. d Map P6<br />

• Avda. Corrientes 1530 • 0800-333-5254<br />

Bar La Paz & Opened in 1944, this café<br />

was once a favorite with the<br />

Avenue’s theater crowd. Its<br />

interior is much changed, but it<br />

remains a decent enough<br />

hangout. d Map P6 • Avda. Corrientes<br />

1593 • 4373-3647<br />

* Cadore<br />

The Cadore family started an<br />

ice-cream business in Italy in the<br />

1880s and moved here in the<br />

1950s. Flavors include homemade<br />

dulce de leche. d Map P6<br />

• Avda. Corrientes 1695 • 4373-9797<br />

( Teatro Gran Rex<br />

The Gran Rex, built in 1937<br />

in the Rationalist style, is one of<br />

the city’s most iconic music and<br />

theater venues. Various international<br />

artists have played here.<br />

d Map Q6 • Avda. Corrientes 857<br />

• 4322-8000<br />

) Correo Central<br />

Built in 1928 to house the<br />

central post office, Correo<br />

Central is an outstanding<br />

example of Beaux Arts architecture.<br />

d Map R6 • Sarmiento 151<br />

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