halbert's Reviews
Nuevo Chiqué
Listed in MILONGA - jueves - Thursday
15-4428-0100
San José 224 1 Piso/Floor, Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Great music (I think the DJ is Daniel Borelli), a fast wooden floor, and a room fairly easy to see across.
Only a few people younger than 60, though.
Milonga de los Consagrados
Listed in MILONGA - sabado - Saturday
15-5892-2056
Humberto Primo 1462, Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
This is in a large old hall, the Leonessa. It's a beatiful floor, the best in Buenos Aires in my experience. Smooth wood, but not slick, and it feels sprung. It is undergoing renovation -- they had only one chacarera instead of two, because stomping would knock plaster off the ceiling in the floor below the dance hall.
It is probably my favorite milonga here, but I only give 4 stars because it won't be to everyone's taste. It's an older crowd, and the dancing reflects that -- beautiful, from the heart, but no longer as athletic or new. I love it, but not everyone will.