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Abierto hasta tarde · Buenos Aires

Open late cafés in Buenos Aires

All-night Avenida Santa Fe, Café Tabac until 02:00 and San Telmo until 03:00.

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Buenos Aires runs late. Before the pandemic, 22:00 to 23:00 was the usual time to sit down to dinner, a restaurateur told La Nación in 2021, though many restaurants have since added a first seating at 19:00.1 The city's tourism office says bars come alive from 22:00 and boliches, the nightclubs, get going around 02:00, and it suggests a late coffee in a 19th-century café.2

Once a year the old cafés make a night of it. The fifth Noche de los Bares Notables, on Thursday 24 September 2026, kept more than 75 historic cafés and bars in 25 barrios open from 17:00 to midnight, with free entry, music, special menus and guided walks along Florida, Avenida Callao and the historic center.3

Local tip: Check the day before a late coffee: La Farola, La balada and Quesada stretch their hours only toward the weekend, while Café del Arbol and Café Tabac keep the same late close every night.

Where these cafés are: Recoleta (6), Belgrano (5), Alto Palermo & Botánico (4), Palermo Soho (4), Núñez, Saavedra & Villa Urquiza (3), Almagro, Caballito & Flores (2), Las Cañitas (1), San Telmo & La Boca (1), Villa Crespo (1), Colegiales & Chacarita (1), Palermo Hollywood (1), Barracas, Constitución & the south (1).

At a glance

30Cafés listed
30With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
03:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Cafe Tabac, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–02:00).
  • Closes latest: Café del Arbol, until 03:00 (Daily 09:00–03:00).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (53%), card payment (40%), takeaway (37%).
Palermo Soho

Dopo Café y Vino

  • José Antonio Cabrera 5002
  • Mon 08:00–20:00 · Wed 08:00–20:00 · Thu–Sat 09:00–00:00 · Sun 09:00–20:00
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Belgrano

Green Eat

  • Avenida Cabildo 1721
  • Mon–Tue 07:30–22:00 · Wed–Fri 07:30–23:00 · Sat 08:00–23:00
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Barracas, Constitución & the south

La Esquina de Omar

  • Doctor Enrique Finochietto
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–03:00 · Sat 10:00–20:00 · Sun Closed
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Belgrano

Muntama

  • Ciudad de la Paz 2109
  • Mon–Thu 08:30–22:00 · Fri–Sat 08:30–01:00 · Sun 12:00–23:00
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Núñez, Saavedra & Villa Urquiza

Quesada

  • Avenida Crámer 3001
  • Mon–Wed 08:00–20:00 · Thu–Sat 08:00–00:00 · Sun Closed
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Notables after dark: Tabac, Josephina's and Margot

Café Tabac, on the corner of Avenida del Libertador and Coronel Díaz, at the edge of Recoleta and Palermo, has been a fixture of the area since 1969.4 In the winter of 1989 the novelist Tomás Eloy Martínez met Colonel Héctor Cabanillas there, the officer who had run the operation that hid Eva Perón's body, and left with the documents behind his novel Santa Evita.4 Tabac is a bar notable and opens daily 07:00–02:00.5

Josephina's Café, at Guido 1532, is one of the newest additions to the catalog of bares notables, and it stays open until 00:00 from Monday to Saturday.35 In Boedo, the tourism office gives Café Margot's hours as 08:00–02:00 every day.6

Avenida Santa Fe and Alto Palermo

Avenida Santa Fe has the most late hours on a single street. El Secreto de Oro, at 4500, opens around the clock; Tolón, at 3200, closes at midnight; and Confitería del Botánico, at 3799, serves until 22:00 every day.

Around Alto Palermo, La Farola stays open until 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays and until midnight the rest of the week, and Paru Deli, at Cerviño 3812, reopens 20:00–00:00 after a midday shift. Cafe Pekinés, at José Antonio Cabrera 4501, opens daily 09:00–22:00.

San Telmo, the south and Corrientes

The latest regular closing times are in the south. Café del Arbol, at Humberto I 424 in San Telmo, opens daily 09:00–03:00, and La Esquina de Omar, on Doctor Enrique Finochietto south of San Telmo, runs 07:00–03:00 on weekdays, closes at 20:00 on Saturdays and stays shut on Sundays.

On Avenida Corrientes, the tourism office points night owls to its many pizzerias and cafés, and to bookshops that stay open late into the evening.2 Farther west, Alessandro, on Pergamino, opens until midnight every day, from 09:00 Monday to Saturday and from 12:00 on Sunday.

Belgrano, Núñez and Las Cañitas

In Belgrano, Green Eat, at Avenida Cabildo 1721, stays open until 23:00 from Wednesday to Saturday. Las Cañitas has Antaño, at Vuelta de Obligado 1101, open daily 08:00–00:00.

In Núñez, El Bohemio, at Donado 1802, closes at 23:45 every night; Ninina, at Holmberg 2464, serves until midnight at weekends; and Quesada stays open until 00:00 from Thursday to Saturday but closes on Sundays. In Colegiales, La balada cafe-bar, at Teodoro García 2920, opens until 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Sources

  1. ¿Cenar a las 19? Los porteños adelantaron horarios y los restaurantes festejan, Info Gastronómica, from La Nación (March 16, 2021), accessed October 2026
  2. A city that lives for the night as well as the day, Turismo Buenos Aires, Gobierno de la Ciudad, accessed October 2026
  3. La Noche de los Bares Notables 2026: cuáles son los más de 75 locales que abren hasta la medianoche, Info Gastronómica (September 18, 2026), accessed October 2026
  4. Café Tabac, Turismo Buenos Aires, Gobierno de la Ciudad, accessed October 2026
  5. Bares Notables de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, consolidado 2025 (anexo IF-2026-10314379-GCABA-DGPMYCH, Resolución 1225/MCGC/26), Ministerio de Cultura, Ciudad de Buenos Aires (February 26, 2026), accessed October 2026
  6. Café Margot, Turismo Buenos Aires, Gobierno de la Ciudad, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Open late in Buenos Aires: questions

Which Buenos Aires cafés are open 24 hours or after midnight?

El Secreto de Oro, at Avenida Santa Fe 4500, is open 24 hours. Café del Arbol in San Telmo opens daily until 03:00, Café Tabac on Avenida del Libertador until 02:00, and Café Margot in Boedo until 02:00. La Farola in Alto Palermo stays open until 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

What is the Noche de los Bares Notables in Buenos Aires?

It is a free night when the city's historic cafés and bars stay open late with music, special menus and guided walks. The fifth edition, on Thursday 24 September 2026, ran from 17:00 to midnight in more than 75 venues across 25 barrios, with walks along Florida, Avenida Callao and the historic center.

What time do people in Buenos Aires eat dinner and go out?

Before the pandemic, 22:00 to 23:00 was the usual dinner hour in Buenos Aires, though many restaurants now offer a first seating at 19:00. Bars fill from about 22:00, and boliches, the nightclubs, get going around 02:00. A late coffee in an old café is part of the same night.

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