Monthly Lunch — July 23, 2014

Posted on July 16, 2014 by tq

On Wednesday, July 23, at 1:00 pm we will have lunch at the Benihana restaurant next to the Alto Palermo shopping center. The chain is expanding and will shortly open a venue in Puerto Madero – let’s take advantage of their current bargain pricing as I suspect it will not last much longer!

Benihana restaurants are traditional Japanese hibachi steakhouses, which feature the Japanese cooking method known as “teppanyaki.” Your meal is prepared fresh and served by a performing chef, right before your eyes. For a nice write up on the history of the restaurants visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benihana. Our group has dined there previously with great reviews. Check out their Spanish language site at http://www.benihana.com.ar/ . Don’t believe the prices on the menu – they are very out of date!

You can choose the chicken, steak or shrimp teppanyaki. This includes soup, salad, water or gaseosa and the main course. Please note that the hibachi chicken rice is also included, as well as the tip!

The pricing for this event is quite “tight” – coffee, dessert, alcoholic beverages, etc. are not included in the price.

Date: Wednesday, July 23

Time: 1:00 pm

Place: Benihana, Arenales 3310 y Coronel Diaz (near Santa Fe)

Cost: 100 pesos

Please RSVP to mweldon213@yahoo.com

4815-4660

Wine & Tapas, July 26, 2014

Posted on July 15, 2014 by dawngill

Time to join friends for an evening of wine, tapas, and conversation.
Location: Palermo – Exact address provided upon RSVP
Date: Saturday, July 26th.
Time: 7:30 p.m.

How does it work? Bring wine, finger food, and your sparkling self to join other BAIN members and friends in a night of socializing and making new friends. We look forward to catching up with you!
Please email RSVPs to dilyatesh@gmail.com

The address will be sent to you via email response.
New to Buenos Aires? New to BAIN Downtown, or is this your first Wine & Tapas? It’s easier than you think! One of our members has graciously opened their doors to create a social environment for any BAIN member interested in attending.

If you are interested in becoming one of these fabulous hosts or if you have any questions about the event, please contact Linda Talluto: LTalluto@gmail.com.

*This event is limited to current BAIN Downtown members only. If you are interested in becoming a member of BAIN Downtown, please contact bain.downtown@gmail.com*

Monthly Dinner — July 8, 2014

Posted on July 6, 2014 by BAIN Downtown

This month’s BAIN dinner will be on Tuesday, July 8th. The event will be organized by Dilya Austin, our new Dinner Coordinator!The event will be in Palermo. Here are the details:Time: 9.00 p.m. (the following day, July 9^th is a holiday- Independence Day in Argentina)
Place: 4141 Restaurante, Honduras 4141, Palermo
Cost: $ 230 per person, inclusive of a three-course meal, two glasses of wine, soft drinks and water, cubierto and tip.RSVP to Dilya, dilyatesh@gmail.com

Menu:
First course (this will be served fairly quickly as we have chosen two options to share)
Prosciutto and pear on top of arugula leaves
Hummus with Tzatziki sauce

Main Course, one of these options:
Brisket of beef with a salad
Squash ravioli with Blue cheese cream
Pork Shoulder and pineapple with mashed potatos (a favorite of almost all who have tried it at 4141)

Dessert, one of these options
Chocolate mousse
Fruit salad

Wine & Tapas — March 15

Posted on March 3, 2014 by BAIN Downtown

The monthly Wine & Tapas get together is a chance for BAIN members and their guests — old hands and new — to come together to visit and catch up.

This month a special Wine & Tapas in Palermo Botanico. Bring wine and savory finger food to share. The hosts will prepare dessert. The message is — bring savory, not sweet.

Socialize, have a bite, have a sip, have fun. The evening begins at 8 pm.

RSVP to tonygildamercedes@gmail.com.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Book Group — January 16

Posted on January 12, 2014 by BAIN Downtown

The book selection for January is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. If you have not yet attended a BAIN book club meeting or are looking to start, please join us! This month we will be having an evening meeting. We look forward to seeing you, whether you have read the book or not. Bring food or drink to share, along with suggestions for future reading.

Book: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Date: Thursday, January 16

Time: 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Location: Almagro
Please email your RSVP to: t onilin@aol.com

January Ladies’ Night Out

Posted on January 11, 2014 by BAIN Downtown

Join us for this month’s Ladies Night Out at Croque Madame Cafe, a lovely cafe located inside the gates of the Museo de Arte Decorativo.

When: Wednesday, January 22, 6:00 to 8:30 pm

Where: Croque Madame Cafe, Av. del Libertador 1902 (Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo) – Palermo

A relaxing night of conversation, relaxation, catching up, keeping cool. Don’t feel bashful if it’s your first time. You will feel welcome in a jiffy.

RSVP: tezlg@hotmail.com

November Luncheon

Posted on November 19, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Place: La Bodeguita del Medio – Andres Arguibel 2851 – Las Canitas 4778-0255

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2013

Time: 1 pm

Cost: 60 pesos plus – depending on what you order

Please RSVP to Michael at: mweldon213@yahoo.com

or phone # 4815-4660

We are going to go to a fairly new Cuban restaurant in Canitas (actually Low Belgrano). The restaurant is the first franchise in South America of a successful chain. They have 4 sites in Mexico,and one each in Checa, Macedonia, Kiev, Beirut and Sydney.

La Bodeguita del Medio is a typical restaurant-bar of Havana (Cuba). It is a famous tourist destination in Havana because of the personalities who have patronized it: Salvador Allende, the poet Pablo Neruda, the writer Ernest Hemingway, the artist Josignacio and many others. La Bodeguita lays claim to being the birthplace of the Mojito cocktail, prepared in the bar since its opening in 1942, although this is disputed.

The lunch special is an absolute bargain. For 50 pesos you get to choose from three different main courses and both water and dessert are included. The full menu is available if you wish to try Cuban food because the lunch special is usually pasta, or chicken, or a salad with meat of some sort – (not very Cuban). Their mojitos are good although a bit expensive at the same price as the meal!

Getting to the restaurant on Andrés Arguibel 2851 entre Arce y Baez is fairly easy. The following buses stop at the corner of Arevalo y Luis M. Campos (15, 29, 55, 59, 60, 64 and 118) If you proceed down Arevalo to Baez then turn right, Andres Arguibel is the first street on your left. Here is a link to the guia oleo with a map to make it easy. http://www.guiaoleo.com.ar/restaurantes/La-Bodeguita-del-medio-14084

It is also only about a 5 block walk from the D line Subte station Ministro Carranza.

The Las Canitas area is making a resurgence. It was extremely popular with the young crowd in the late 1990s and then Palermo became the hot spot. Now there are new restaurants and bars springing up all over Canitas. When you see how easy it is to get there you will probably want to try one of the many spots there for dinner. On the three-block walk to La Bodeguita del Medio you will pass at least 6 interesting spots.

November Ladies’ Night Out

Posted on November 6, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Join us for this month’s Ladies Night Out at Torguato & Regina Bar-Bistro! This is another opportunity to get your tickets to the End of Year Party!

Monday, November 11

6:00 to 8:30 pm

New Venue

Torguato & Regina

Across the street from San Martin Plaza is Torguato & Regina Bar-Bistro, a delightful new spot for BAIN’s Ladies Night Out

Santa Fe Avenue 772, Retiro

RSVP: tezig@hotmail.com

November Morning Coffee

Posted on November 5, 2013 by dawngill

The next BAIN Morning Coffee is coming up! Mark your calendars!

Date: Tuesday, November 12th
Time: 10:30 am – 12:00
Where: Retiro
RSVP to Eva Roth: eroth2trvl@aol.com*Exact address provided upon RSVP.

Come spend a morning making new friends and catching up with old ones.
This is a casual, fun way to mingle and meet new people and it’s open
to all BAIN Downtown members.

This is also an opportunity to secure your November 14th, End Of Year Party tickets (if you haven’t already!) The tickets are $100 for members, $250 for non-members and will be on sale at the Morning Coffee!

Never been to a coffee event before? New to BAIN or Buenos Aires? We’d love to have you join us. Contact bain.downtown@gmail.com if you have any questions!
We hope you can make it!

BAIN DOWNTOWN MONTHLY MEETING — October 25!

Posted on October 18, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Join us at the October Monthly Meeting! We have read your suggestions through the member survey and have a few changes to the meeting this month, starting with the meeting beginning later in the afternoon — at 5:30pm.

The program this month is brought to us by our own Solange and Mike Mecham who will discuss the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage originating from various points in Europe, ending in Santiago de Compostela. These two made the pilgrimage this year and will explain the reasons for doing so and what they learned along the way.

As always, we’ll be socializing over baked goods from Sugar and Spice and Malbec for those interested in starting their happy hour right at the meeting!

We also have a new venue for the post-meeting Happy Hour! The lovely Hotel Pulitzer Sky Bar Terrace is the meeting place to continue the fun!

We hope to see lots of new faces as we learn new things about the world and each other. We hope you’ll come out and join us!

Place: ICANA, Maipú 672, (between Viamonte and Tucumán) in the city center, ground floor, library

Date: Friday, October 25

Time: 5.30 p.m. – members and guests begin to arrive

6.00 p.m. – the program begins

6.30 p.m. – after-meeting social at the Hotel Pulitzer, Calle Maipu 907, esq. Paraguay

Program: The topic of this month’s presentation will be; “Camino de Santiago” presented by Solange and Mike Mecham.

Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge

Non-members/Guests – AR$50

We look forward to seeing you on Friday!