With it's style conscious clientele, this is one of the most stunningly set venues in Buenos Aires, inside a turn-of-the-last-century mansion in an enormous beaux-arts façade easily missed while walking the congested streets near the Galleria de Arte. This is a place I always visit for dining when i Buenos Aires.
Picture courtesy of Deltasky
An unmarked entryway leads to a receiving hall and dramatic staircase running the interior of the building and adjoining the various entertainment spaces to each other. Staff is confined to each individual venue, meaning that few guests don't come to realise they're in the right place until well up the staircase. A distinguished high ceiling cocktail lounge offers a sultry atmosphere of a dark, candle-lit corners and ornate settees among the buildings numerous glass doors and partitions. The main bar features abstract artwork. An upper lounge area is open for special events and the occasional 'underground' – or perhaps above ground party attended by BA's fashion elite.
The ground floor is home to the in-house restaurant with speciality in Latin-fusion cuisine with a trendy twist, but head upstairs to the bar, where a glamorous set of locals is invariably ordering drinks and getting to know each other.
There's also an outdoor patio, and drinking and socialising flows down the marble staircase leading into the garden.
History
Milion house is an early last century buildings in the neoclassical style known as "hotel particulaire". Built in 1913, the building was originally home of the Allemand family - the last of whom died in 1992. Its architect remains a mystery, all we know about him is that he was a member of the family Allemand.
After its last resident died, the house was closed for seven years. a space for promotion of arts and entertainment, a commitment that began to develop in early August 1999 and still continue working and renovating.
The garage and residence of the driver has now become an atelier in which projections are made cinema more than anything experimental. From the garden is the counter back with Carrara marble staircase leading to the terrace plane nobile.
Address
Milion
Paraná 1048, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Phone: (0)11 15 4815 9925
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