Our Take on BASA Bar
Microcentro is a neighbourhood built for daytime: banks, law firms, corporate offices stacked twenty floors up on streets that empty after 7pm. BASA is the exception. Descend the stairs on Reconquista at 6:30pm on a Thursday and you find 24 seats occupied by the kind of people who prefer to end a working day with a precisely made drink rather than a bottle of wine at a mediocre restaurant down the street.
The bar runs a monthly rotating menu of 10 cocktails, each paired with a two-line description and a price that reflects Microcentro overheads rather than Palermo markups. The bartenders trained under some of the city's best programmes and bring that rigour to what could easily be a forgettable basement room. The technique here is excellent: proper dilution, accurate balance, and no creative noise for its own sake.
The room itself is low-lit, narrow, and entirely functional. There is nothing about the decor worth photographing, which is why everyone in it is talking rather than looking at their phones. That alone makes BASA one of the most enjoyable after-work bars in Buenos Aires. Pair an early session here with dinner nearby, or continue into the evening at 878 Bar in Palermo if you want to keep drinking at the same level.
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