If you’re looking for a great culinary experience this July 9th, two Buenos Aires passions are coming together so you can enjoy them at the same time: Café Tortoni, Buenos Aires’ quintessential café, is teaming up with one of the city’s most delicious and popular ricotta cakes, adding it to its menu so that going out for an afternoon snack in winter becomes a real treat.
Buenos Aires’ Oldest Notable Café Adds a Legendary 1943 Recipe to Its Menu to Celebrate July 9
Café Tortoni, the city’s oldest and most iconic café, celebrates Independence Day with a collaboration for those with a nostalgic palate: Gino El Capo ’s ricotta cake —the cake that originated in La Paternal and for which many line up to buy. If you’re on Avenida de Mayo and you’re craving something sweet, treat yourself to the best ricotta cake at one of Buenos Aires’ most charming cafés.
An afternoon snack steeped in history for this winter in Buenos Aires
Even if you’re from Buenos Aires, you might not know that the history of Café Tortoni dates back to 1858, when a French immigrant, Jean Touan, opened the doors of this iconic café—the oldest in Argentina— drawing inspiration from the historic Café Tortoni in Paris. What he surely could have anticipated was that Tortoni would become a gathering place for artists, writers, and musicians.
Behind Gino El Capo’s ricotta cakes is also an immigrant—an Italian, in this case—who, in 1943 in La Paternal, created the recipe for the ricotta cake that has become a signature dish and draws customers from other neighborhoods.
July 9th is much more than just Independence Day—it’s a day to get out and experience Buenos Aires, feel the approaching winter break, enjoy the classic hot chocolate with churros, and if you’re strolling through downtown Buenos Aires, you can add this other must-try: coffee with ricotta cake? Hot chocolate with a slice? All combinations are possible, and it’s a treat well worth indulging in.
📍Gran Café Tortoni – Avenida de Mayo 825
