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[QUOTE=Sleeper]I have been looking for ways to watch the All-Star game in Buenos Aires and it looks like El Alamo is my only option tonight. But after reading the comments here, it sounds like a bit of a sketchy place. Cover charges, overpriced, selective about who gets in etc. Is this place worth my time, or should I not bother? Does anyone have any alternatives?[/QUOTE]El Alamo is a good venue to watch live sports. Gets crowded on weekends but what place does'nt. The p30 they charge is redeemable for food / drinks.
Also, the staff are nice and they do a proper burger!
Yeah check it out but use the door on the left because each time I have been there the main doors have always been locked!
MH
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Times
What we Need Is a time table!
When is it a good time for tourists to be at your place and what is the time when locals show up?
What is the Day hours for tourists and the night time hours for locals?
Or should I say old timers and Young timers?
I know I just repeated myself.
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Mongers,
The hours of operation at El Alamo are 4pm-4am Monday-Thursday and 12pm-4am Friday-Sunday. There is never a big crowd or a minimum consumption charge before 6pm and on Sundays there is no minimum consumption charge at all. I would not recommend that older folks come after 8pm Wednesday-Friday as it will be extremely crowded and noisy. On Saturdays everything is relatively quiet until 11pm and until that hour the customers are mostly Americans watching sports and groups of well-behaved Argentines eating, drinking and socializing. There is a full food menu available everyday from opening until 3am.
Suerte,
Rock Harders
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Thank you
Us Older timers needed that.
There is a song that I tried to upload but is too large.
"Too Much Time On My Hands." By Styx.
[QUOTE=Rock Harders]Mongers,
The hours of operation at El Alamo are 4pm-4am Monday-Thursday and 12pm-4am Friday-Sunday. There is never a big crowd or a minimum consumption charge before 6pm and on Sundays there is no minimum consumption charge at all. I would not recommend that older folks come after 8pm Wednesday-Friday as it will be extremely crowded and noisy. On Saturdays everything is relatively quiet until 11pm and until that hour the customers are mostly Americans watching sports and groups of well-behaved Argentines eating, drinking and socializing. There is a full food menu available everyday from opening until 3am.
Suerte,
Rock Harders[/QUOTE]
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Are you sure there is not secret code that I need to get a beer?
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Went here for a beer the other night. They wanted a cover charge at the door. WTF? Turned around and left.
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[QUOTE=WhiteCat;419292]Went here for a beer the other night. They wanted a cover charge at the door. WTF? Turned around and left.[/QUOTE]It's not a cover, it is merely a minimum charge, you get $40AR in credit. Check out the newly revamped menu, they have excellent homemade salsa now, for example.
Fred.
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[QUOTE=Silver Star; 419293]It's not a cover, it is merely a minimum charge, you get $40AR in credit. Check out the newly revamped menu, they have excellent homemade salsa now, for example.
Fred.
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Premium Airport Transfers in Buenos Aires[/QUOTE]Strange way to do business.
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Cover Charge
The Cover is because most Argies do not drink much. They would share a beer for hours.
[QUOTE=WhiteCat;419292]Went here for a beer the other night. They wanted a cover charge at the door. WTF? Turned around and left.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=WhiteCat;419294]Strange way to do business.[/QUOTE]And yet there's a line to get in the door.
They must be doing something right.
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Mongers-
El Alamo has a $40 AR MINIMUM CONSUMPTION charge payable as you walk in the door. Patrons are given a ticket that is then good for $40 AR of whatever they choose to order from the menu, food and / or drink. This is standard procedure in all successful bars / nightspots in Buenos Aires as space is limited and Argentines will not spend money unless they are obligated to do so. Keep in mind that both Saturday and Sunday afternoons for NCAA and NFL football there is NO MINIMUM CONSUMPTION charge as the customers are all Americans and it is therefore not necessary.
Suerte,
Rock Harders
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Steelers?
Do you put the Steelers on?
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Mongers-
El Alamo has (8) eight Directv feeds and is therefore able to show (8) eight different NFL games at the same time (four per floor) so the likelihood of being able to show "your" game is quite high. All games on Sunday afternoons are shown with audio in English for each individual game. Unfortunately, only one game in each time slot is able to be shown in HD however all Sunday night and Monday night games are shown in HD.
Suerte,
Rock Harders
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[QUOTE=Rock Harders; 419603]Mongers-
El Alamo has (8) eight Directv feeds and is therefore able to show (8) eight different NFL games at the same time (four per floor) so the likelihood of being able to show "your" game is quite high. All games on Sunday afternoons are shown with audio in English for each individual game. Unfortunately, only one game in each time slot is able to be shown in HD however all Sunday night and Monday night games are shown in HD.
Suerte,
Rock Harders[/QUOTE]Love El alamo. It's my go-to place for American sports, including hockey! Get there early for best seating. I only wish they would work on their burgers, which on my last couple of visits have been, well, not so tasty. But I don't go there for the food; it's all about beer and sports.
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[QUOTE=Chezz;419606]Love El alamo. It's my go-to place for American sports, including hockey! Get there early for best seating. I only wish they would work on their burgers, which on my last couple of visits have been, well, not so tasty. But I don't go there for the food; it's all about beer and sports.[/QUOTE]Love it too. Unlimited beer is good news in anyones books!
