Last call for alfajores before your EZE A‑terminal flight
Terminal A’s Havanna is where people panic‑buy Argentine gifts at T‑30, stocking up on alfajores and dulce de leche when the city shops never happened. You’re paying airport markup here: Reddit and Google Maps both flag higher prices than downtown Havanna cafés for the same 6‑ or 12‑piece boxes. In exchange, everything is pre‑boxed, brand‑name, and carry‑on friendly, so you can walk straight to passport control with your gift quota handled.
There’s at least one Havanna outlet airside in departures and another landside in arrivals at Ezeiza, so if the shop closest to your A‑gate is mobbed before the 22:00–01:00 long‑haul bank, you can try the other branch. Combo packs of classic dulce de leche alfajores sit next to mixed boxes with chocolate and “blanco” versions; reviewers note that multipacks usually match city prices rather than undercut them, so don’t expect bundle deals.
Regulars on r/buenosaires buy big gift boxes in city supermarkets at pesos prices and treat EZE Havanna as emergency only. The one airport‑specific play: small individual alfajores and mini tins, which frequent flyers say they purposely leave for the airport so they’re not hauling sweets around Palermo for 5 days. Figure roughly a few US dollars per single, more if you grab the premium lines.
Watch out for long queues and slow service right before wide‑body departures to Europe and the US, especially after 20:00. If you still need migration or security in Terminal A, don’t join a 15‑person line here with less than 25 minutes to boarding. Best move: shop right after check‑in, before security, so you can bail if the line isn’t moving.