Adventures in South America

Persicco is THE PLACE to Be

Last night after dinner we hung out at Persicco for hours. Persicco is the ICE CREAM (gelato) spot to see and be seen in Buenos Aires. We arrived around Midnight and the place was PACKED. At the ice cream places here in BsAs you go up to the cashier, tell him/her what size ice cream you want - small, medium, large, 1/2 kilo, etc - you pay, and they give you a ticket with a number on it. When your number is called, you hand your ticket to the person serving the ice cream and tell them which flavors you want. You can always pick at least two, and just so you know you are in Argentina, there are literally 10 flavors of Dulce de Leche alone!! (in all there are about 50 or so flavors).

Just to give you an idea of how crazy it was last night, we were number 57. At the time we paid, they were only at number 7!! It tooks about 30 min to place our order. Persicco is definitely quite the scene. Many fashionistas - real and wannabees, as well as celebrities. Our friends informed us that there were several celebrity (actors & singers) and model sightings. Ahhhh.... you know you are in Argentina when a Gelateria is the PRE-CLUB place to be.

Persicco delivers (as do all of the ice cream places here) and there are 10-12 mopeds parked in front of it just for this purpose. They also stay open late (till 4am on Saturday nights). We spent the rest of the evening sitting outside in the window of Persicco and talking til 2am (the time the party animals were preparing to head to the boliches - nightclubs) 

posted by Kathy T @ 7:39 AM