Villa Devoto is a barrio (Hood) or district in the northern part of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the area defined by Campana, San Martín avenue, Francisco Beiró avenue, Joaquín V. González, Baigorria, Lope de Vega Avenue and General Paz Avenue. Villa Devoto, a primarily middle to upscale neighbourhood, is characterised by quiet tree-lined streets and is considered as "the garden from Buenos Aires". A lower-density residential subsection called “Devoto R”, populated by wealthy residents, also dots the area.
Villa Devoto is served by the Urquiza and San Martín commuter railway lines.
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“You can no more keep a martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest-lived.”
—Bernard Devoto (1897–1955)