Bar Tarzan - Buenos Aires

Local bem estilo boteco, otimo para tomar uma cerveja, se distrair e conversar entre amigos, nada de levar uma moça...More

Es una cafetería típica. El mozo es un señor añoso y con muy buena onda. Se charla sobre futbol y politica pero a su vez es un lugar tranquilo. Me senti muy a gusto alli

Acuden a él muchos parroquianos, quienes se conocen entre ellos y los responsables del bar. Buen café y emparedados. Precios razonables. Escucharas todo sobre futbol de mesa a mesa.

Típico bar de barrio, muy pintoresco y con muy buena iluminación natural. La atención es impecable, muy recomendable.

Bar Tarzan IN THE HEART OF BUENOS AIRES You may be thinking this is the site of a gay (called Queer in Buenos Aires) Milonga, or a seedy place where hookers hang out late at night. But, no, Bar Tarzan is a small café, in a middle class neighborhood, not far from Avenida Corrientes where many of the great theatres and cinemas are located. It is in the heart of Buenos Aires. Bar Tarzan This unassuming café is owned by a gallant Galician with an elegant limp, and run mostly by his son, Miguel Angel. If you are looking for authentic Argentinian and especially, authentic Buenos Aires, go to Tucuman, 2001. The no-frills, but very friendly café offers the typical morning breakfast of GOOD espresso or cappuccino with the “facturas” (pastries) of your choice. They make fresh squeezed orange juice (when the price of oranges isn’t too high) and they offer limited, but delicious meals. The same people return every morning, day after day, or every afternoon, or both. The atmosphere is family-like, most people know each other, even if only from frequenting Tarzan’s café. The conversations range from discussions of the current, or just finished, soccer match (this is by far the most popular topic), followed by the weather, religion, and if prompted, politics. As is the custom in all cafés in Argentina, a daily newspaper is available for the customers to take turns reading, or they often share different sections. Tarzan offers the Clarín, which is a conservative daily and the most popular paper in all the cafés in town. Some larger cafés offer Clarín and La Nación, but very few have Página 12, which is considered “left wing”. A word about Tarzan (pronounced Tarzán). While we assumed it might be the owner’s nickname, we learned that Tarzan was once the name of a brand of coffee – like Illy or Segafredo or Starbucks (yes, there are Starbucks cafés in Buenos Aires). So Bar Tarzan was named some 28 years ago after a coffee that no longer exists. Papá comes once in awhile to relieve Miguel Angel, who works with Daniel, the cook and a young man named Ivan who makes miracles with the espresso machine and does deliveries (yes, this is a city where you can still call up and order an espresso or a latte or empanadas or just about anything you want). Some of the frequenters of the café are: a young man with a guitar who checks his email on his phone. Oh, I forgot to mention, like all café bars in Argentina, Tarzan has free WIFI, an important element to the success of any business here. You can occupy a table for hours for just a coffee or a mineral water. No one ever bothers you. However, it would be a mistake not to try an orange juice or a lunch of pasta, Milanese, steak, salad, or a nice, thick sandwich, all freshly made to order. The prices are geared for the ‘hood, that is less than anywhere else we have been in Buenos Aires. Back to the clients: two young male students eat lunch at Tarzan’s every day; a woman with a young child who walks around to everyone’s table with her pacifier in her mouth; a middle aged man (he looks like a University professor) who brings his laptop and checks his mail and sometimes writes); two young women who are sharing their feelings with each other. They usually have orange juice and a salad and always check their mail on their cell phones. Though we are in the middle of summer (February) and it is in the 90s, a man who looks to be in his fifties comes in frequently with a long, black heavy raincoat. He speaks loudly and excitedly with a lot of inflection to his friend who is dressed normally. They have cappuccinos and stay for about an hour. They have notebooks and check their email. Then there is the heavy-set man with a thin, symbolic ponytail who calls people with his notebook that he holds close to his mouth and speaks in a low voice. He comes every day and sits in the same place and has a Milanese (breaded veal cutlet) with French fries. Miguel Angel knows everyone. In many cases he takes on the classic role of barman who listens to all your problems in a sympathetic way. Often he brings people their usual order without their even asking for it. As we became familiar faces at Tarzan’s, our espresso and latte were on the table before I could get my laptop out of its case. Oh yes, I mentioned that we are in mid-summer. Tarzan is on a corner with wrap-around windows. The air conditioning only goes on at about 10 am. Before that all the windows are open and we get the morning breeze, warm but pleasant. From 10 am until closing at around 8 pm the air conditioning is on and it is very comfortable. In the winter, it is the reverse: the heat’s on early and windows open in the afternoon. People and animal watching is easy and fun from anywhere in the café! One last thing: there is a TV if you absolutely have to watch the soccer match, which will be on no matter what. Fortunately, Migue (everything is abbreviated in Argentina) usually keeps the volume off, but certainly if there were an important game, it would be on full blast. !!Go Boca!!! Do visit Bar Tarzan, but to keep it the way it is, please don’t tell all your friends!