Once-bustling Buenos Aires restaurants hustle for customers

[MilHojas]

https://www.courthousenews.com/argentina-recession-leaves-once-bustling-buenos-aires-restaurants-hustling-for-customers/

Even little luxuries like coffee and a croissant are too expensive for many, as Argentines reel from the effects of lower purchasing power and surging costs for everything from electricity to bus tickets.

 

[Giuliettaspider]

here in Martinez, Olivos all coffee houses are full, and on every corner opens a new one

 

[dlish]

Same in Palermo. Packed.

 

[mageesa]

here in Martinez, Olivos all coffee houses are full, and on every corner opens a new one

I can't believe all the new coffee places in Villa Crespo, and they're not cheap. They aren't exactly full either. I don't get what they were thinking, but they probably all opened up in the past year. It's weird. They're charging very close to USA prices.

 

[Giuliettaspider]

very much true, same here in Olivos, San Isidro, even when you do not see people sit inside, some coffee-stores doing well with delivery, rappi, also catering for events, wedding, graduacion, birthday parties,..all kind of social events,

 

[Rich One]

Some buy the cliche "Restos are Full "
The population of Martinez,Olivos, Belgrano, San Isisdro, Recoleta and Palermo exceed 1 million . Supposedly over 10 % are very wealthy. One hundred thousand potential customers are enough to fill all coffee shops

 

[Quilombo]

Some buy the cliche "Restos are Full "
The population of Martinez,Olivos, Belgrano, San Isisdro, Recoleta and Palermo exceed 1 million . Supposedly over 10 % are very wealthy. One hundred thousand potential customers are enough to fill all coffee shops

Exactly what I was gonna say Rich; people are name dropping the richest neighborhoods in the country and wondering why restaurants there are full; same reason people rob banks, it's where the money is (and in the case of Palermo and Recoleta, tourists too).

I live downtown and restaurants are dead aside from the regular tourist trap ones. Only time I ever have to wait for a table is when I'm in Palermo.