Café Tortoni

Café con leche and medialunas - the classic porteño breakfast. Submarino (hot milk with chocolate bar) for something sweet. The coffee is secondary to the history.

Morning for the full breakfast experience. Afternoon for the tango shows in the basement. The queue can be long - worth the wait for the history.

Buenos Aires' most famous café since 1894. The Belle Époque interior is stunning - stained glass, wood paneling, history everywhere. Borges, Gardel, and countless artists drank here. Tourist-heavy but historically essential.