At February 4’s Día de la Fundación, the anniversary of San Martín [1]’s 1898 founding, the military still marches down the avenues, followed by fire fightersn and an equestrian array of foxhunters, gauchos, and polo players.
The main performing-arts outlet is the Centro Cultural Cotesma (Roca 1154, tel. 02972/42-8399), which offers recent movies at its Cine Amankay (tel. 02972/427274). The Teatro San José (Capitán Drury 743, tel. 02972/42-8676) hosts live theater.
This is also a bar-goer’s town, with places like the theme-oriented Austria Ski-Bar (San Martín and Moreno, tel. 02972/42-7071); across the street, Dublin Pub South (Avenida San Martín 599, tel. 02972/41-0141) offers beer, pub grub, sidewalk seating, and Wi-Fi. The hillside Downtown Matías (Coronel Díaz and Calderón, tel. 02972/42-1699) has live music.
Boquería (Capitán Drury 857, tel. 02972/42-5663) is a by-the-glass or by-the-bottle wine bar, with a food menu limited to sandwiches and tapas, plus nightly specials.
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[1] http://www.moon.com/destinations/argentina/northern-patagonia/the-lakes-district/san-martin-de-los-andes