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Cafés in Almagro, Caballito & Flores
Las Violetas on Rivadavia, the pennants of El Banderín, Café Margot’s turkey sandwich in Boedo and the newer bars around Parque Rivadavia.
Photo: Jose Luis Vanasco, Pexels License
This is the long middle of Buenos Aires, strung along Avenida Rivadavia from Almagro through Caballito toward Flores, with Boedo to the south. Caballito takes its name from a horse-shaped brass weathervane on the pulpería (country store) that Nicolás Villa opened in 1821; a replica has stood at Rivadavia and Emilio Mitre since 2015, and four Line A subte stations serve the barrio.1
Age is what separates these streets from Palermo. The large rooms are bares notables, the historic cafés the city protects as heritage, and they run on merienda (afternoon tea), football and sandwiches rather than filter menus.23 The specialty bars came later and stay small, on side streets such as Arengreen and Doblas.
Local tip: Arrive at Las Violetas before the merienda crowd builds in the afternoon, or share the masas: the September 2025 ticket for two people covered a tray of eight.4
At a glance
128Cafés listed
14With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
- Opens earliest: El Residente, from 06:00 (Mon–Sat 06:00–00:00 · Sun 07:00–00:00).
- Closes latest: Alessandro, until 00:00 (Mon–Sat 09:00–00:00 · Sun 12:00–00:00).
- Most listed streets: Avenida Rivadavia (4), Avenida Directorio (3), Río de Janeiro (2).
- Most common features: outdoor seating (20%), wi-fi (9%), takeaway (6%).
Amelia
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
Amelia
Chill - Coffee Vibes
Don Segundo Fiambrería y Cafetería
El Residente
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
- Card payment
- Open late
- Open by 6am
Feca
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
- Vegetarian options
Féca
Kaido
La blonde
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
Molly's
Olinda
Café Lo-Fi
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Toilets
Medrado Café
33 Grados Cafe Bar
Adela Vintage
Amore di Caffe
Aromi
AROMI
Bar El Gallego
Barragán Lonchería y Café
- Specialty
Bestia Café de Especialidad
- Specialty
Café de Herencia
Café de los Patriotas
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
Cafe Fundador
Café Margot
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
- Card payment
- Toilets
Café Portela
Café Swami
Cafetería Plan B
Cafetería Swami
Ciro Bar
Cobin
Coffee Prince
Confiteria Las Almendras
Córcega Rebeldía Cafetera
Cutter's
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Coffee chains in Almagro, Caballito & Flores
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Café Martínez
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- Av Carabobo 51
- Avenida Acoyte 390
- Avenida Asamblea 824Daily 07:30–21:00
- Avenida Boedo 819Daily 07:30–22:00
- Avenida Corrientes 3799Daily 08:00–21:00
- Avenida Corrientes 4402Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–21:00
- Avenida Doctor Honorio Pueyrredón 796Daily 07:00–21:00
- Avenida Gaona 2001Mon–Fri 07:30–21:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–21:00
- Avenida Gaona 3501Daily 08:00–21:00
- Avenida Juan Bautista Alberdi 901
- Avenida Pedro Goyena 314Mon–Thu 07:30–21:00 · Fri–Sun 07:30–22:00
- Avenida Rivadavia
- Avenida Rivadavia 3394Daily 07:00–21:00
- Cafe Martinez Village Caballito, Avenida Rivadavia 5071
- Avenida Rivadavia 5702Daily 07:30–20:00
- Avenida Rivadavia 7099Daily 07:30–20:30
- Avenida San Martín 2494
- Hidalgo 872Daily 07:00–21:00
- Hortiguera 309Daily 08:00–22:00
- Lautaro 402Mon–Fri 08:00–20:30 · Sat–Sun 09:00–20:30
- Teniente General Juan Domingo Perón 4169Mon–Sat 06:30–20:00 · Sun 07:30–20:00
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Starbucks
- Avenida La Plata 4Mon–Thu 07:00–22:00 · Fri 07:00–02:00 · Sat 08:00–03:00 · Sun 08:00–23:00
- Avenida Rivadavia 4893Mon–Thu 09:00–23:00 · Fri 09:00–02:00 · Sat 08:00–02:00 · Sun 09:00–23:00
- Avenida Rivadavia 5071Mon–Fri 10:00–00:00 · Sat 10:00–02:00 · Sun 10:00–00:00
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Havanna
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- Av. Corrientes 4555
- Av. Rivadavia 6659
- Avenida Asamblea
- Avenida Boedo 787
- Avenida Corrientes 3594Daily 08:00–20:00
- Avenida RivadaviaMon–Thu 08:00–21:00 · Fri–Sun 09:00–21:00
- Avenida Rivadavia 5071
- Avenida Rivadavia 6299
- Hidalgo 752
- Neuquén 1600
- Riglos 105
- Teniente General Juan Domingo Perón 4201
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Bonafide
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- Almagro, Caballito & Flores
- Av San Juan , 3901
- Av. Corrientes 4594
- Av. Directorio 401
- Av. Pedro Goyena 735
- Av. Rivadavia 5250
- Bonafide Caballito, Avenida Avellaneda 1978
- Avenida Rivadavia
- Avenida Rivadavia 6799
- Avenida Rivadavia 7500
- Avenida San Martín 2368
- C1416ACA, Av. Gaona 2799
- Hortiguera 1
- Pringles 492
- San Martín 2200
- Varela 15
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Tienda de Café
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The Coffee Store
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Le Blé
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- Avenida Gaona
- Avenida San Juan 4200Daily 08:00–20:00
- Mario Bravo 908Mon–Thu 08:00–20:00 · Fri–Sat 08:00–21:00 · Sun 08:00–20:00
- Otamendi 500Daily 08:00–20:00
- Valle 1105
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Nucha
- Valle 1002Mon–Fri 08:00–20:30 · Sat–Sun 08:30–20:30
Chain
La Panera Rosa
Chain
Whoopies
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Balcarce
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La Tolva
- Av. Acoyte 393
- Rosario 100Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–20:00
Las Violetas at Rivadavia and Medrano
Las Violetas opened on 21 September 1884, and period accounts have Carlos Pellegrini, then a minister and later president, arriving by special tram with his friends.2 A remodel in the 1920s added curved glass windows and doors, French stained glass and Italian marble floors. The Carrara marble bar and the original bronze chandeliers remain.2 Alfonsina Storni and Roberto Arlt were customers.2 It closed in 1998, the city legislature declared it a historic protection area, and it reopened in 2001.2
Come for the merienda, which draws afternoon queues.2 A customer’s ticket from September 2025 showed 11,000 pesos for eight masas (small cakes) and 9,800 pesos for an americano with cream and a cappuccino.4
El Banderín and its football pennants
El Banderín, on the corner of Guardia Vieja and Billinghurst, began in 1923 as El Asturiano, half bar and half almacén (grocery), under the Asturian immigrant Justo Riesco.3 His son Mario, a River Plate fan, hung the first pennants, and fans and tourists have brought their clubs’ ever since. By December 2025 there were nearly 290 in the main room and more than 200 in the basement.3
Luis Sarni, a former taxi driver and regular, now runs it. The kitchen does picadas (meat-and-cheese boards), sandwiches and large milanesas, and he puts prices about 30% below nearby bars.3 Fans sometimes deliver a pennant in person so they can watch it go up.3
South to Boedo for Café Margot
Café Margot takes the ground floor of a building that the Genoese Lorenzo Berisso commissioned in 1904, on the corner of Boedo and San Ignacio.5 Its sandwich of turkey en escabeche (pickled) has reached the status of myth: the story goes that Juan Domingo Perón, passing in the 1950s, had his driver stop so he could order one.5
Inside are a marble counter, wooden tables, cabinets of bottles and walls covered in porteño imagery, and the Junta de Estudios Históricos de Boedo counts the corner among the barrio’s landmarks.5
Caballito’s newer counters
Café Lo-Fi, on Arengreen, pours Honduran coffee and sells bread, croissants and chocolate made from Ecuadorian cacao.6 It opens Monday to Saturday from 09:00, with tables outside. Tueste, at Doblas 690, is compact, and Time Out’s 2024 round of work-friendly cafés singled out its cakes, açaí bowls and avocado croissant.8
Barragán Lonchería y Café, about 200 m from Plaza Irlanda, pairs specialty coffee with Mexican cooking: huevos rancheros, vegetarian tacos and a spiced Moca Mole. Agustina Lanteri, Sebastián Popritkin, Fermín Vessena and Francisco Vessena own it.7 Further west on Avenida Gaona, Nara café de especialidad is the stop for anyone heading toward Flores.
Sources
- Caballito (Buenos Aires), Wikipedia, accessed November 2026
- Las Violetas, Turismo Buenos Aires, accessed November 2026
- Un bar museo del fútbol, La Nación, accessed November 2026
- Cuánto cuesta merendar en Las Violetas en septiembre 2025, Canal 26, accessed November 2026
- Café Margot, Turismo Buenos Aires, accessed November 2026
- Mejores cafeterías de especialidad en Buenos Aires, Baires Secreta, accessed November 2026
- La cafetería mexicana escondida de Caballito, El Cronista, accessed November 2026
- 10 specialty coffee shops to work or study, Time Out Buenos Aires, accessed November 2026
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FAQ
Almagro, Caballito & Flores cafés: questions
What is Las Violetas in Almagro, Buenos Aires, known for?
Las Violetas opened in 1884 at Rivadavia and Medrano and is known for its afternoon merienda, which draws queues. A 1920s remodel gave it French stained glass, curved glass doors and Italian marble floors. It closed in 1998, won a city protection order and reopened in 2001.
Why does El Banderín in Almagro, Buenos Aires, have so many football pennants?
Mario Riesco, son of the founder and a River Plate fan, started the collection at the bar his father opened in 1923. Fans and tourists kept bringing their own clubs’ pennants. By December 2025 nearly 290 hung in the main room, with more than 200 in the basement.
Where can you find specialty coffee in Caballito, Buenos Aires?
Café Lo-Fi on Arengreen pours Honduran coffee and sells croissants and Ecuadorian-cacao chocolate. Tueste at Doblas 690 is a compact café known for cakes and avocado croissants. Barragán Lonchería y Café, about 200 m from Plaza Irlanda, pairs specialty coffee with Mexican dishes such as huevos rancheros.
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