Inflation in Argentina.

[earlyretirement]

I was at a nice restaurant the other day and my girlfriend ordered a mojito after dinner.

Bill came.

$115

Wow.

Wow. Which restaurant was this in?? What are the prices these days at clip joints like the Faena going for?

 

[Panini]

Mm.. I've been but I didn't think they were using top shelf liquor in their regular drinks. If they are, I don't even think 60 is that bad of a price. (I mean, yes, outrageous in the grand scheme of things but it could always be worse).

Not sure what you mean by regular drinks all their cocktails are pretty fancy and that's the main 4 pages of the menu, that's what I'm talking about. If you mean Coke and whiskey type mixes maybe they use bottom shelf and tis cheaper!

Suppose I will have to head back after all and find out

 

[Lamb]

60 pesos for a drink???!!!

I once went to Cordoba from BsAs for 60.. And i didnt even have to go semi-cama for that.

 

[PhilipDT]

And i'm guessing that wasn't even a drink made with premium liquor.

I had one of those inflation moments yesterday, stopped with the SO at a cafe in Belgrano. He had a cafe doble, I had a bottle of water and we split a tostado.

88 pesos for that. Coffee (30 pesos), water (20 pesos) and bread/cheese (38 pesos).

This is why I don't go out anymore.

So I was thinking about this post when I stopped by starbucks this morning and I decided to see what a premium I was paying for going to the (as a couple argentines have told me) "overpriced cafe that only foreigners and cheto palermoites go to."

Starbucks:

Double Espresso: 12 pesos
Water: 15 pesos
Tostado de jamon y queso: 21.50

 

[citygirl]

You know things are out of whack when Starbucks is a bargain

To be fair, the cafe we went to is probably one of the pricier ones and it was a big tostado but... 88 pesos. I'm still cringing.

Panini - next time you go ask them what brands they're using as a base in their cocktails. I'd be curious if they're using the top brands in a cocktail but they may be.

 

[Davidglen77]

These prices I am hearing about are all from premium and high end places. Here in Congreso, where I live, we go to a local parilla on Saenz Peña right off the plaza del Congreso and for $85 pesos per person, we have - bread, unlimited salads, french fries provenzal, parilla libre - chorizo, cuadril, vacio, pollo, as much as you want, plus 1 glass of wine and 1 bottle of water. The place is super clean and suprisingly enough every time we go there we hear several people speaking english (we don't speak english to each other) so it's fun being around foreginers!

 

[LostinBA]

These prices I am hearing about are all from premium and high end places. Here in Congreso, where I live, we go to a local parilla on Saenz Peña right off the plaza del Congreso and for $85 pesos per person, we have - bread, unlimited salads, french fries provenzal, parilla libre - chorizo, cuadril, vacio, pollo, as much as you want, plus 1 glass of wine and 1 bottle of water. The place is super clean and suprisingly enough every time we go there we hear several people speaking english (we don't speak english to each other) so it's fun being around foreginers!

I'd like to be one more foreigner at that place sometime. What's it called?

 

[Davidglen77]

I'd like to be one more foreigner at that place sometime. What's it called?

Believe it or not, we've never noticed the name. It's on Luis Saenz Peña 167, between Hipólito Yrigoyen & Alsina. It's very good, clean and a great value. Be sure to try the vino tinto "Riojano" it comes in small one serving bottles. It's surprising how good the meat is considering the price. Enjoy!

 

[chris]

The Herald is full of typos and some grammatical errors but the writers and editors are not afraid to express their opinions. In fact that paper has a long history of journalistic integrity. During the military dictatorships the Herald was the most outspoken paper. It is my understanding that the long time practice of translating one editorial into Spanish occurred during one of the dictatorships when the government were afraid that the paper was subversive and ordered the translation of editorials. Apparently word got out and the paper's circulation increased! As annoying as the mistakes can be, the paper's history of independence and risk taking needs to be remembered. I find Martin Gambarotta's weekly news analysis better than in any of the Spanish language papers. Also James Neilsen makes some astute observations, though he is a bit of a broken record.

 

[cbonanni]

Not sure that my intent in opening this thread was to pass judgement on the journalistic attributes of the Herald. I gather my information from many sources and formulate my own opinion based on these sources. In a previous life , I was in shipping and import export , and their coverage of that interests me. Opinions expressed in the Herald are astute , and almost 100 % anti-Christina , which i find amusing.

As too inflation , we all see it everyday , every time we shop , taxi , or eat out. When menu's have hand written prices that change upward almost daily , we are in trouble. Alas , I could not buy my Herald or La Nacion today , because , of course , the newspaper vendors are on strike.....