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Tango Clubs and Milongas
! Centro Cultural
traditional with a smart dress
code, while Sunday is the most
popular night. Simply choose the
night for you. d Map N6 • 1st Floor,
Riobamba 416, Once • 4953-2794
• Adm • Elbesotango@yahoo.com.ar
Torquato Tasso
This intimate dinner-concert
venue is the place to watch live
tango performances. Musicians
run the gamut from guitarists to
accordionists, to flautists, and
vocalists such as Adriana
Varela - contemporary tango's
star. Tango classes precede
recitals. Also try the
Sunday night
$ Niño Bien
This Belle Époque
ballroom hosts one
of the city's most
traditional
.
d Map F4 • Defensa 1575, San
Telmo • 4307-6506 • Adm
• www.torquatotasso.com.ar
milonga
.
Here, invitations to
dance are made by
men only, via a
series of nods and
signals, and on the
floor, dancers locate
hands whilst maintain-
ing eye contact -
anything else is bad
taste. The dance
evokes tremendous
nostaligia. Expect
plenty of tourists. d
Map D3 • Humberto 1° 1462, Constitución
• 4342-5599 • Open 10pm-4am Thu
milongas
@ El Querandí
This lively place
holds dinner-tango
shows in a beauti-
fully restored San
Telmo building dating
from 1867. Perform-
ances are a fusion of
tango and theater,
telling the story of tango's birth
in the city's
Tango show at El Querandi
to its em-
bracement by the bourgeoisie,
and later its reinvention by Astor
Piazzolla
bordellos
% Café de los Angelitos
. The ambience
is romantic and intimate. d Map
F2 • Perú 322, San Telmo • 5199-1770
• Adm • www.querandi.com.ar
(see p28)
Opened in 1890, this café
earned its “Little Angels”
moniker in the 1920s, when it
was frequented by the local
mafia. Today, it hosts cabaret-
style dinner-tango extravaganzas
in which dancers perform
dramatic and breathtaking tangos
to a live six-piece orchestra. Post
razzmatazz, visit the bar re
# Tanguería El Beso
This lovely little 30-year-old
milonga
welcomes dancers from
18 to 80 years, both tourists and
locals. The parquet floor is lit by
lantern-like lighting and the
horseshoe-shaped bar serves
home-made pastas plus wines.
Tuesday is touristy, Thursday is
stored
with stained-glass murals and a
mosaic floor. d Map C1 • Avda.
Rivadavia 2064, Congreso • 4952-2320
• Adm • www.cafedelosangelitos.com
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Milongas are neighborhood dance halls where people go to
dance tango.
 
 
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