NicaZ

Hi!

I'm on a hunt for the best ice cream buenos aires has to offer! Are there any places that are doing innovative things with flavors and that AREN'T chains?? I have heard sooo much about Un'Altra Volta but I'd rather not head out to chains - something authentic would be great.

Any tips?!?!

Thanks!

Scarlett

I live in BA and Volta is as much a local favorite as any touristy spot... it is as authentic as you are going to get anywhere here... try not to start out your visit with notions about "chains" etc.. you don't want anything to keep you from enjoying ice cream and many other things available here.

Everywhere you go in BA, you will see ice cream .. you can have it in any restaurant for dessert or go to Freddo's, Volta, etc. Recoleta, Palermo, San Telmo and Belgrano all have a tremendous amount of places to Taste Test your Helado.

Have fun ... and don't worry about calories, you walk them off

Susan7

Volta was my favourite in Buenos Aires. I loved the dolce de leche flavour. They have so many different flavours plus different cones and you could have the whole thing dipped in chocolate. I think it's the best icecream I've ever had, anywhere!

Scarlett

Susan, we lived around the corner from Volta and Freddo when we first moved here.
You can appreciate our delight

My favorites are Banana Volta which is chocolate, dulce de leche, banana ice cream .. and then there is Cherry. The Volta on Callao has that sometimes .. amazing.

Susan7

Yum! They both sound fabulous, I need to get on a plane!!

NicaZ

This is great! Okay fabulous, I will take your advice, put aside notions of chains that I may have, and head straight to Volta for some dulce de leche. YUM. Thanks!!!

Scarlett

Nica, in your honor, I had a Double Chocolate at Volta on Quintana today.
I have a sore throat... it was a miracle medicine

yestravel

Volta is great! Dulce de leche is fabulous. Not a fan of Freddo's. My favorite place was Scannapieco. Yes, Scarlett, nothing better than gelato for a sore throat...truly miracle medicine as u say. Please, have a ducle de leche for me-4 your health.

See what the New York Times thinks
http://www.fodors.com/community/sout...a-cone-nyt.cfm

And an old article I save from the LATimes
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/l...cecream17jun17

MarnieWDC

Yestravel, you are soooooo SWEET ! Great articles. Gracias..

~Marnie

yestravel

Yes, anything to help out someone's health...

Scarlett

It worked, yestravel, I feel much better today.
I will go out later and have another dose.. err .. cup of ice cream .

yestravel

So glad you're feeling much better, Scarlet -- don't let up on your medicine, a scoop a day will keep the doctor away.

MarnieWDC

Unless the doctor is your husband, busy choosing his own flavors

~M

avrooster

About non-chain ice cream parlors:

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1317477

I'm sorry, only in Spanish.

Have some great ice cream in our town.

TamaraGarcia

My favorites are Banana Volta which is chocolate, Dulce DE lech.
Have some great ice cream in our town.

yestravel

Gracias, AV. this may be just the motivator I need to get cracking on the Spanish...

NicaZ

Thanks everyone! This has been really fun! And sore throat or not, I'm down! Can't wait to try it in a few weeks!