http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T03:35:00Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/212 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/18/21142/1170 <![CDATA[<p><i> Travel writer <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/uid:6171"><b>Matt Chesterton</b></a> may know more about the Buenos Aires hotel scene than anyone else on the planet, our words not his. When he isn't hiding from his creditors he is out and about in BA. For the next two weeks he will be busting myths and spouting off about the BA hotel scene. For starters, he has told us that La Cabaña is not the best steakhouse in Argentina, and rather, a national embarrassment, the kind of place that in previous epochs of "our" history would have been firebombed--reserved for Steakhouse Suckers, his words, not ours. This is exactly the kind of unadulterated sentiment you can expect to find here in the next couple of weeks--plus MattyC 2007-02-19T15:22:39-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/12/183515/827 <![CDATA[<p><i> Travel writer <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/uid:6171"><b>Matt Chesterton</b></a> may know more about the Buenos Aires hotel scene than anyone else on the planet, our words not his. When he isn't hiding from his creditors he is out and about in BA. For the next two weeks he will be busting myths and spouting off about the BA hotel scene. For starters, he has told us that La Cabaña is not the best steakhouse in Argentina, and rather, a national embarrassment, the kind of place that in previous epochs of "our" history would have been firebombed--reserved for Steakhouse Suckers, his words, not ours. This is exactly the kind of unadulterated sentiment you can expect to find here in the next couple of weeks--plus MattyC 2007-02-13T15:40:19-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/11/135612/738 <![CDATA[<p><i> Travel writer <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/uid:6171"><b>Matt Chesterton</b></a> may know more about the Buenos Aires hotel scene than anyone else on the planet, our words not his. When he isn't hiding from his creditors he is out and about in BA. For the next two weeks he will be busting myths and spouting off about the BA hotel scene. For starters, he has told us that La Cabaña is not the best steakhouse in Argentina, and rather, a national embarrassment, the kind of place that in previous epochs of "our" history would have been firebombed--reserved for Steakhouse Suckers, his words, not ours. This is exactly the kind of unadulterated sentiment you can expect to find here in the next couple of weeks--plus MattyC 2007-02-12T12:35:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/23/124811/918 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/alvear_palace.jpg"><b>[Ed. Note: Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/tim%20leffel">Tim Leffel's</a> last report on Argentina gives us an inside look at two polar opposites serving wealthy visitors to Buenos Aires: Alvear Palace and Faena Hotel &amp; Universe. Enjoy.]</b><p>At <a href="http://www.lacabanabuenosaires.com.ar">La Cabaña</a>, the best steakhouse in Buenos Aires (which is really saying something), general manager Mirco Zampieri says he can spot a reservation from Alvear Palace Hotel or Faena Hotel &amp; Universe as soon as the visitors walk in the door. "The ones from Alvear are wearing the best tailored clothes, the most expensive jewelry, and look very refined and sophisticated."<p> Visitors from Faena, however, tend to be less subtle. "They look like they walked straight out of a fashion magazine. Very stylish Tim L. 2006-07-24T09:29:26-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/