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Long reads, neighbourhood guides and editorial pieces from SĀNTAL Café — written for English-speaking travellers visiting Buenos Aires. Three locations across the city: Colegiales, Belgrano and Chacarita.

Editorial · May 2026 May 2026 · 6 min read

SĀNTAL, open 8 to 22: the new menu for every hour of the day.

From specialty coffee shop to all-day spot. Breakfast, take-away, brunch, lunch (Almorzá), tea time with signature coffees, and Tapas & Drinks with 2-for-1 Happy Hour. Colegiales, Belgrano and Chacarita.

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Reviews · Chacarita May 2026 · 4 min read

The SĀNTAL corner at Loyola 1599, Chacarita.

What the people who have already been to SĀNTAL Chacarita are saying: specialty coffee and pet-friendly at Loyola 1599, with brunch, pastries, tapas and wine a few blocks from Movistar Arena.

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Winter Kitchen · This Week May 2026 · 5 min read

The Cold-Weather Menu: four spoon dishes for this week.

Butternut squash soup, chicken coconut curry, mushroom risotto and lentil stew with roast beef. Four ways to defend yourself from Buenos Aires winter.

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Listening Bar · Colegiales May 2026 · 6 min read

Vinyl Fridays: the listening bar landed in Colegiales.

Canal22 cycle, hi-fi sound, curated vinyl, tapas for the long table and Happy Hour 2x1 until 8pm. Every Friday at SĀNTAL Colegiales. No cover.

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Opening · Chacarita May 2026 · 5 min read

We just opened a third Sāntal in Buenos Aires — this time in Chacarita.

After Colegiales and Belgrano, we landed on a corner in Chacarita (the up-and-coming neighbourhood next to Palermo). Outdoor tables, specialty coffee from 7:30am, brunch on weekends, weekday lunch, afternoon tea and Tapas & Wine until 8:30pm.

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City Guide · Concerts April 2026 · 8 min read

Movistar Arena 2026 schedule: every show + the best tapas bar four blocks away.

From Soda Stereo to Rosalía, from Robbie Williams to Bad Gyal: the full Movistar Arena lineup from May through December 2026, and where to grab tapas, wine and a 2-for-1 happy hour four blocks from the venue.

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Brunch & Lifestyle · Belgrano April 2026 · 6 min read

A spa day in Belgrano with brunch included — Buenos Aires's most complete gift.

Spa Belgrano closes both of its day-spa packages — Ego and Premium — with brunch at Sāntal. Facials, massages, reflexology and a table set three blocks away: a perfect couples' or self-care plan in northern Buenos Aires.

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Neighbourhood Guide · Chacarita March 2026 · 7 min read

Cafés near Movistar Arena: a local's honest 2026 guide.

Heading to a concert in Buenos Aires this year? We'll tell you where to grab coffee before the show and where to land afterwards — written from the neighbourhood, not from a press release.

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Food & drink

What we serve, told dish by dish.

We have 25 in-depth notes about every dish on our Buenos Aires menu — Avo Toast, specialty coffee, our patisserie, lunch & wine — currently published in Spanish. If you're visiting Argentina, the easiest way to taste them all is at one of our three BA locations. Below: a quick guide to the four categories so you know what to order.

Brunch · 8 dishes

Brunch — the porteño weekend ritual

Avo Toast on sourdough with poached egg, scrambled eggs & bacon, brioche French toast with cinnamon and maple, oat pancakes, Greek yogurt with house granola, stuffed Argentine chipás, our share-it-all brunch-for-two, and a hot lomito sandwich on chipá bread. Brunch is served daily at all three locations — busiest on Saturday and Sunday from 10am.

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Specialty coffee · 6 preparations

Specialty coffee in Buenos Aires

We work with single-origin beans, mainly Nicaraguan from Puerto Blest, roasted for our own blend. The menu: a signature Cappuccino Sāntal with cocoa and cinnamon dust, a flat white our baristas push for tasting the bean, an espresso tonic for porteño summers, an 18-hour cold brew, an iced latte (vegan-milk option) and pour-over filter for the deep-end drinkers.

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Patisserie · 6 creations

Patisserie — house-made every morning

Banana-split loaf cake (the one that crossed Belgrano and went viral), brioche cinnamon rolls with Ceylon cinnamon and vanilla glaze, the Argentine maicena alfajor with dulce de leche and coconut, carrot cake with cream-cheese frosting and candied walnuts, a 70% dark vegan chocolate cake, and freshly baked butter medialunas — the Argentine answer to the croissant.

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Lunch & wine · 5 plates

Lunch, tapas & the wine cellar

The signature Belgrano dish — a roasted-mushroom sandwich with caramelised peppers, parmesan and roasted-red-pepper aioli — plus seasonal salads, fresh-pressed detox juices, and a small but seriously edited wine cellar focused on natural and small-batch Argentine producers. From 7pm at Belgrano (and from opening at Chacarita) the menu shifts into tapas: croquettes, hummus, mushroom risotto, braised-beef tacos.

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For visitors

Come taste them in Buenos Aires.

All three locations open every day, 7:30am to 8:30pm. We don't take reservations for tables of three or fewer — just walk in. For groups of four or more, message us on WhatsApp at +54 9 11 2623-9931.

Belgrano

O'Higgins 1502, inside Espacio Pirámide. The original — full menu, evening tapas & wine cellar.

Colegiales

Conde 1200. The corner café with the listening bar on Friday nights.

Chacarita

Loyola 1599. Four blocks from Movistar Arena. Outdoor tables, longest opening hours.

Sāntal in the press

What the food writers said.

Features in Argentine and international media, curated guides, review platforms and creators who passed through Sāntal and wrote about it in their own way. Most of the Argentine press is in Spanish — the international coverage and platforms are in English.

Argentine national press

4 features
Infobae ES

The 15 best specialty coffee shops in Buenos Aires

→ Revista Watt ES

A coffee tour of the city: the specialty-coffee boom in Buenos Aires

→ El Cronista ES

Belgrano gets sweeter: seven places raising the patisserie bar

→ Belgrano News ES

Sāntal: healthy café and an experience for the senses in Belgrano

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Guides & food blogs

11 features
Maleva Mag ES

Buenos Aires cafés that are also concept stores

→ Maleva Mag ES

Six soul-driven cafés taking over Buenos Aires

→ Maleva Mag ES

Belgrano, sweeter than ever — patisserie that raises the bar

→ Maleva Mag ES

Colegiales corner cafés: six with that special charm

→ BA Connect ES

Sāntal Café: hospitality and elegance in Belgrano

→ Café de Especialidad ES

SĀNTAL — Specialty coffee in Belgrano

→ Mi BsAs EN

Sāntal Café reinvented itself in the pandemic

→ La Guía de BA ES

Specialty coffee in Buenos Aires (2025 edition)

→ BA Substack EN

10 Best Cafés in Buenos Aires to Work Remotely in 2025

→ Escuela Gourmet ES

Specialty coffee shops in Buenos Aires

→ BigBox ES

SĀNTAL — Bonjour gift experience

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On the platforms

4 profiles
Tripadvisor EN

SĀNTAL Belgrano — Restaurant Reviews

→ Restaurant Guru EN

SĀNTAL — Espacio Pirámide

→ Foursquare EN

Cafés in Belgrano & Colegiales — Curated List

→ Mindtrip EN

SANTAL — Belgrano, Buenos Aires

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Social & creators

7 links