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Buenos Aires, Argentina > Buenos Aires restaurants > Cevezeria Hans Cevezeria HansViamonte 1587 (@ Montevideo); Tel. + (011.54.11) 4813.1779
Buenos Aires offers many restaurants with a modern take on old Argentina. In contrast, Carvezeria Hans offers an old take on modern Argentina. That is to say, Cevezeria Hans is a charming little corner restaurant just as suited for a 50's mobster movie as it would be on any Argentinean street corner. The owners and staff are an old boy network who seem so comfortable amongst the diners they seem to have been running the place since Evita was in britches. The style of Cevezeria Hans is of the worn in and authentic type that so many kitsch-loving hipsters try to imitate. The checkerboard floor is worn down to the bare concrete in the most trafficked areas. The stained wood walls were probably modern fifty years ago, retro-cool twenty-five years ago, and today deserve some sort of UNESCO protection. The same can be said for the menu which sits behind the bar – a red velvet wonder with little plastic ledgers indicating the prices from little plastic numbers and letters of various shapes and sizes. A touch of humour can be found above this menu with a sign for Imperial beer surrounded by plastic figurines of a British military pipe band. Behind the bar, five legs of ham hang ominously from hooks. If the décor and hosts weren’t enough for a visit to the outskirts of Once, the food will justify the outhing – just like eating at Grandpa’s place, except you have to pay. But not much. A salami sandwich costs but $3AR. The usual cafeteria-styled foods are available with an emphasis on ease of preparation, such as sandwiches. A glass of gin is ridiculous cheap at $4AR, and there this, as the name suggests, beer as well... perhaps making Cevezeria Hans the perfect locale for the pre-bar drinks. Be warned, though: wine does not go beyond the red, white, and pink house varieties. A favourite haunt of this author, Cevezeria Hans almost demands that anyone who visits once will want to establish themselves as a regular.
—Cevezeria Hans review by Murdoch Stephens
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