New Favorite 'Hood - Palermo Soho

Our friends Shirley and Gary are renting in Palermo Soho and it sounded like an interesting neighborhood to explore.  There is also a great restaurant there that we wanted to try. It's only a block from their condo.  So, we made plans to go there for lunch with them and they offered to guide us around the neighborhood.  Gary and Shirley have been in BA for a month, like us, and so are now very familiar with this interesting area.

Typical cafe in Palermo Soho

We hopped on the 37 bus for the short distance to Plaza Italia and then walked about 3 1/2 blocks to Shirley and Gary's condo. They have a lovely modern apartment overlooking the street with lots of light and trees giving them a peaceful view.  We all headed out through the streets of Palermo Soho enjoying the architecture, street art, shops, cafes, restaurants, parks and lots of trees.  At lunch time we settled in at Don Julio to try their steak.  I ordered the Bife de Chorizo while the others had lomo. Gary said that this restaurant is packed at night but it was very peaceful for our lunch.  We all shared a salad, fries (actually more like freshly made potato chips) and veggies.  And, of course, there was a lovely bottle of Malbec to enjoy with our steaks.  We agreed that it was the best steak we have had so far in BA and it was cooked just the way we ordered it.

Don Julio

Shirley in Don Julio

Bife de Chorizo 

Don Julio

 After our very leisurely and enjoyable lunch, we walked through the streets of Palermo some more, visited a couple of markets, admired the street art and architecture and had some laughs. I, of course, had my camera and took a shot at everything that caught my eye.  I have to change my mind now - in my San Telmo post I said if we returned to BA, I would like to stay in that part of town.  Now, having seen Palermo Soho, this is where I want to be. We have enjoyed being in Recoleta and its location is very central and we only go 1/2 block to catch a bus.  However, Palermo has a lot more life and color to it - we like it a lot.

After a long walk we said fond farewells to our new friends and headed back to our apartment.  We are so pleased to have met these two charming people and are sure that we will get together again - hoping they will come to San Miguel.  Spending some time with them added an extra dimension to our visit to Buenos Aires.

In order to get a sense of the neighborhood - please see the rest of my pictures:  TAKE A WALK THROUGH PALERMO SOHO.