1085  Cafes de Buenos Aires

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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 01:44:07 -0300
From: Janis Kenyon <jantango@FEEDBACK.NET.AR>
Subject: Cafes de Buenos Aires

I have had numerous requests for more information on the new book Cafes de
Buenos Aires.
Here is where you can find a listing of them with the addresses:
https://www.tangodata.com.ar/e_bares_notables.htm

Pichi de Buenos Aires




Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:49:22 +0000
From: Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Cafes de Buenos Aires - The day of the cafes -
To: Tango-L List <tango-l@mit.edu>


Today is the day of "The Cafe de Buenos Aires".

"The Cafe" is an institution and a tradition in the life of Buenos Aires, a place where you can go to have a cup of coffe, meet a friend, read, and see intellectuals, politicians and artists.

Going into the Tortoni to have a cup of coffee, to meet someone there, to attend any of the innumerable cultural functions offered there, is getting into the very kernel of tradition. Tradition is not the past. Tradition, transmission, comes from tradere, to give. Tradition is the offering of the best of the past to the men of the present and the future. It is not only in the walls of the Tortoni -which in themselves are worthy of a museum- but mainly in the spiritual climate that its management has wisely created, that the best of our porte?o past can be found. And one day we shall find the best of the present there, once it has aged enough. The tourist who arrives in Buenos Aires has the entire city in the Tortoni: the past, in its walls; the present, sitting at its tables; the future, in the enthusiasm of the people who work there for the sake of culture.
Jos? Gobello, 1998.


Clarin Newspaper has videos and pictures:

https://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/10/27/um/m-02027450.htm

Other pictures:

https://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=cafes+de+buenos+aires&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=aSHnSszvBMX3lAer28iSAQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved CMQsAQwBA

Gran Cafe Tortoni is the oldest it was built in 1857

https://www.cafetortoni.com.ar/ it has text in spanish, French and English.

Best regards, Sergio
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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:23:48 -0400
From: macfroggy@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Cafes de Buenos Aires - The day of the cafes -
To: tango-l@mit.edu


I LOVE the Tortoni--Ruben and I had our first coffee there in 2005. We always recommend it to people for a less expensive alternative to the $100usd tango shows.
But the probability of hob-nobbing with "intellectuals, politicians and artists" is about nil.
The Tortoni--with reason--is mobbed by tourists, who usually have to queue at the door just to get in.
Yes it is "tradition," and tradition well maintained, and for that reason is touristic--as is Caminito and San Telmo.
But still very much worth while.

cherie
https://tangocherie.blogspot.com





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Today is the day of "The Cafe de Buenos Aires".

"The Cafe" is an institution and a tradition in the life of Buenos Aires, a
place where you can go to have a cup of coffe, meet a friend, read, and see
intellectuals, politicians and artists.

Going into the Tortoni to have a cup of coffee, to meet someone there, to attend
any of the innumerable cultural functions offered there, is getting into the
very kernel of tradition. Tradition is not the past. Tradition, transmission,
comes from tradere, to give. Tradition is the offering of the best of the past
to the men of the present and the future. It is not only in the walls of the
Tortoni -which in themselves are worthy of a museum- but mainly in the spiritual
climate that its management has wisely created, that the best of our porte?o
past can be found. And one day we shall find the best of the present there, once
it has aged enough. The tourist who arrives in Buenos Aires has the entire city
in the Tortoni: the past, in its walls; the present, sitting at its tables; the
future, in the enthusiasm of the people who work there for the sake of culture.
Jos? Gobello, 1998.


Clarin Newspaper has videos and pictures:

https://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/10/27/um/m-02027450.htm

Other pictures:

https://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=cafes+de+buenos+aires&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=aSHnSszvBMX3lAer28iSAQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved CMQsAQwBA

Gran Cafe Tortoni is the oldest it was built in 1857

https://www.cafetortoni.com.ar/ it has text in spanish, French and English.

Best regards, Sergio
Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more.
https://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:102009








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