Angelin

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A friend is in town visiting from Los Angeles. In an attempt to eat every Argentine specialty while he is here, we went out for some pizza (this after eating the best empanadas I have had to date at the Feria Mataderos for lunch - yup, I need to exercise more). Good reports led us to try Angelin at Avenida Cordoba 5290.

We were initially intimidated by the crowd jammed into the place, but decided to go in regardless (an ultimately fruitless 90 minute wait at Sarkis on Thursday night has made us a little gun shy of big crowds). After standing in line we were warmly welcomed by a round and friendly pizza man at the counter. Since many of the pizzas were non-descriptive names and this place doesn't believe in menus with detailed descriptions, we put our trust in the man's hands with a one half veggie and one half meat pizza. We rounded that off with two cups of beer.

As we waited, the man emerged from behind the counter with a huge bowl filled with freshly fried empanadas. Um, yes we will take one while we wait. Then things got even better. The man came back around while we were eating with a pitcher of beer and topped us off! Free beer? Did I accidentally enter heaven? Oh sweet Angelin, you had me at free empanadas.

The pizza was delicious. The veggie side was oozing with cheese and covered in onions while the meat side, a "completo," came with ham, a mixture of black and green olives and roasted red peppers. Definitely recommended.