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On the other side of the street is a small ice cream store open till 2 o'clock in the morning. With each cafe they give you a shot of mineral water and a tiny scoop of ice cream- typically creme de leche. Its very civilized. People are in there all day long sitting for a very long time. Older folks quietly talk, teenage girls talk, sputter, and gawk typically in a pack of four, old ladies seem to muse and stare off into space, couples usually consist of the guy watching soccer on the television (which is always on and always showing soccer) and the girl nudging him occasionally with some bit of talk but all in all content to be out and happy to be eating ice cream. Between the kiosk, the plums ice cream store and an empanada shop whose wood stove takes up almost half the store toasting you along with your empanada- our block is quite convenient and pleasant.