Fodor's Expert Review Locos x El Fútbol

Porteños love sports—and sports, for them, means fútbol (soccer). Although Argentine teams also excel at basketball, rugby, and especially polo, it's fútbol that evokes the most passion, with fans attending even the smallest scrimmages; most games play on wall-mounted TVs in regular cafés and restaurants. But perhaps it's the ubiquity of soccer that means there aren't the really atmospheric screenings in bars that many visitors hope to find: to get the real buzz, you have to go to the stadium. Your second-best option is definitely Locos x El Futbol. Just try to count the number of TVs here, and you'll realize the extent of the locals' love for the beautiful game—the x stands for por, which makes this place "crazy for soccer." Key games require a reservation, but otherwise just turn up for big screens and bigger servings of pizza, fries, and beer.