9 cafes in Buenos Aires, editor-picked for cafes open sunday. Cafes serving on sundays. All cafes in Buenos Aires.

Las Violetas ★ 4.5

almagro · Avenida Rivadavia 3899, C1204 Buenos Aires

Hours: Sun-Thu 06:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 24 hours

Voted best Cafe Notable in Buenos Aires, opened 21 September 1884 at Rivadavia and Medrano. Belle-epoque stained glass, Italian marble, legendary merienda.

Gran Cafe Tortoni ★ 4.4

microcentro · Avenida de Mayo 825, C1084 Buenos Aires

Hours: Daily 08:00-21:00

The oldest cafe in Buenos Aires, founded 1858 and on Avenida de Mayo since 1880. Cafe Notable, a Site of Cultural Interest; Borges and Gardel were regulars.

LAttente Caffe ★ 4.4

palermo-soho · Costa Rica 4863, C1414 Buenos Aires

Hours: Mon-Sat 09:00-20:00, Sun 10:00-20:00

Specialty Palermo coffee bar from the LAB Tostadores roastery, a standard-bearer for third-wave coffee in BA. Filter, espresso, baked goods; laptops welcome.

Bar El Federal ★ 4.3

san-telmo · Carlos Calvo 599, C1102 Buenos Aires

Hours: Mon-Thu 11:30-23:30, Fri-Sat 11:30-01:00, Sun 11:30-22:00

One of the oldest bar-restaurants in BA, opened 1864 as a general store and rebuilt as the present Italianate corner. Bar Notable, Site of Cultural Interest.

El Preferido (cafe service) ★ 4.3

palermo-soho · Jorge Luis Borges 2108, C1425 Buenos Aires

Hours: Daily 11:30-16:00 & 19:00-01:00

Pablo Rivero's Palermo bodegon doubles as a morning and aperitif cafe with the 1952 marble counter. Sit at the bar for vermouth and tortilla pre-lunch.

La Biela ★ 4.2

recoleta · Avenida Presidente Manuel Quintana 600, C1014 Buenos Aires

Hours: Daily 07:00-02:00

Cafe Notable opposite Recoleta Cemetery, on Quintana and Junin since 1850. Renamed La Biela in the 1950s for its racing-driver clientele; Borges wrote here.

El Gato Negro ★ 4.2

microcentro · Avenida Corrientes 1669, C1042 Buenos Aires

Hours: Mon 09:00-22:00, Tue 09:00-23:00, Wed-Thu 09:00-24:00, Fri-Sat 09:00-02:00, Sun 15:00-23:00

Cafe Notable since 1928 on Corrientes, half spice merchant and half cafe. Wood shelves of imported coffee and tea, marble counter, theatre lunch crowd.

Cafe de los Angelitos ★ 4.1

microcentro · Avenida Rivadavia 2100, C1034 Buenos Aires

Hours: Daily 10:00-23:30

Cafe Notable at Rivadavia and Rincon, opened 1890 and rebuilt in 2007 after demolition. Gardel and Pugliese were regulars; upstairs tango show runs nightly.

La Poesia ★ 4.0

san-telmo · Chile 502, C1098 Buenos Aires

Hours: Sun-Thu 08:00-02:00, Fri-Sat 08:00-04:00

Bar Notable on the Chile and Bolivar corner of San Telmo; a small bohemian room declared a Site of Cultural Interest. Worn wood, soft lamps, slow Sundays.