Tres Monos ★ 4.8
Buenos Aires' top cocktail bar; #10 in the World's 50 Best Bars 2025. Open Tuesday to Saturday until 03:00; standing room at the bar past midnight.
Try: Cocktails and bar snacks
History
Fernet Branca arrived with Italian immigration in the late 1800s. The mix with Coca-Cola was popularised in Cordoba in the 1980s by students cutting the bitter Italian amaro with the cheaper local cola, and spread nationwide through the 1990s. Argentina is now the world's largest market for Fernet Branca and the drink remains the bar-default of porteño nightlife; Branca operates an Argentine bottling plant.
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 60ml Fernet Branca
- 180ml ice-cold Coca-Cola (not diet)
- Plenty of ice cubes
Method
- Fill a tall glass to the brim with ice.
- Pour over the Fernet Branca.
- Top with Coca-Cola; the carbonation should foam over the top.
- Do not stir. Drink immediately; the herbal bitterness fades as the ice melts.
Tip from the editors. The Cordoban tradition is one part Fernet to three parts Coke. Hardened drinkers go 1:2.
This is the TableJourney editorial recipe, modelled on the canonical bistro / counter version. The first place to try the dish in its city of origin is below.
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Food: Tapas, grilled meat, fish
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Signature drink: Classics with Argentine twists
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Signature drink: Modern signatures and tea-infused cocktails
Food: Small plates
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