Pizzeria

Banchero

Banchero invented the fugazzeta — adding cuartirolo cheese to the Genoese fugazza — at its original La Boca corner opened in 1932, and remains under direct descendants of the founding family. It is the oldest continuously family-run pizzeria in Buenos Aires, and was declared a Sitio de Interés Cultural by the city government in 2002.

Avenida Almirante Brown y Suárez, La Boca, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (also: Avenida Corrientes y Talcahuano, Monserrat) · Buenos Aires · Fugazzeta · est. 1932

The Banchero branch on the corner of Avenida Corrientes, seen from across the street, with a blue awning and a blue sign reading La Verdadera Pizza. — Horacio Cambeiro · CC BY-SA 4.0

Why it is here

Banchero invented the fugazzeta — adding cuartirolo cheese to the Genoese fugazza — at its original La Boca corner opened in 1932, and remains under direct descendants of the founding family. It is the oldest continuously family-run pizzeria in Buenos Aires, and was declared a Sitio de Interés Cultural by the city government in 2002.

What to order

Fugazzeta (fugazza con queso cuartirolo)

What we looked at

The pizzeria that invented the fugazza con queso, or fugazzetaContinuous family ownership since 1932Sitio de Interés Cultural, 2002Cuartirolo cheese, not mozzarella, per the family's own account