Los Inmortales

When I arrived in Buenos Aires a decade ago, a pizza at Los Inmortales on Lavalle was my first meal in Buenos Aires. I recall thinking at the time that this pizza was very good. It’s one of five pizzerias serving traditional Argentine pizza “al molde” in our upper echelon of the pizzerias in Buenos Aires.

The ingredients are slightly better than most of the pizzerias in the city. The décor, that pays tribute to the immortals of sports, music and film, is a bit dated in each location we’ve been in, which we suppose, is part of the appeal.

The original “casa” which opened in the mid-1950’s and the pre-pizzeria history of the business as a café and bar is as interesting as the pizza is good. That restaurant was and still is located on pizza row (Avenida Corrientes in the theater district), a few blocks from another famous pizza parlor on our list, Pizzería Guerrín, and is home to a famous painting of the city’s great Tango singer, Carlos Gardel. The chain also has restaurants on Lavalle downtown, Paraná in Recoleta facing Plaza Vicente López, and in the heart of Belgrano. And the most recent addition to the family is located way out in Nordelta.

The service is acceptable but won’t win any awards. It’s about as Argentine as the pizza.

Looking for classic Argentine pizza a la piedra? Los Inmortales is one of the best in the city in this genre. For a more nostalgic feel, we recommend the Corrientes or Lavalle “casas”. We’ve been to the Paraná location as well, but it doesn’t quite have the soul that the other two locations seem to possess.