Author: Tarantino Luis

The Government of the Town of Buenos Aires into practice put a policy of consolidation of cultural spaces, among whichthe coffee ' porteño' is one of most important.
Thus, Buenos Aires saw returning in the everyday life certain significant places and with them of the artists. Musicians, dancers, poets, singers, painters, divide their works with the customers of these coffees of Buenos Aires.


A selection of places to be attended

COFFEE TORTONI
With a few meters of ' Put Rosada', the seat of thePresidency of the Republic, this famous bar, creates by Mr. Touan, French of origin, was always a catalisor of the social, political and cultural life of Buenos Aires. Its name was given to him by its founder starting from the homonymous Parisian coffee. Mr. Touan yields his coffee to his friend, him so French, Celestino Curuchet.
The ' Tortoni' was not foreign with the crises that the country knew, nevertheless it remained upright and survived time and the lapseof memory. It is currently coffee, ' peña' cultural, has billiards and present small-shows of tango tous.les.jours of the week.
For several years, the artists of tango have followed one another it, in under ground, in the small room Alfonsina Storni, wheresome billiard tables are. Its walls are the testimony of all theartists who passed here.
Among so much of memories, let us rappellons the presence of large Italian, the playwright Luigi Pirandello surrounded of the voiceof the not less large Carlos Gardel.
Gran Tortoni Coffee - Avenida of Mayo 825, Buenos Aires

36 BILLARES
As its name indicates it, the Coffee ' 36 Billares' has with the basement of billiards and sometimes is the Champion of the World there, Maestro Navarra.
At the ground floor the coffee functions and in its back-store, there are tables of play for dice and charts. Saturdays, the ' 36 Billares' presents a recital tango with the guitarist and type-setter Esteban Morgado and of the guests, starting from 20h (we recommend to you to go there earlier). There are also exposures of painting.
36 Billares - Avenida of Mayo 1265, Buenos Aires

THE EMBAJADA
This is a typical coffee of the zone of Montserrat, old working of Buenos Aires. Every Friday we can (wemust) listen to the excellent singers and musicians of tango, among them Alfredo Saez.
Embajada - Santiago del Estero 85, Buenos Aires

PUERTO RICO
Famous cafetery and chocolate factory stuck to Plaza of Mayo. ' Puerto Rico' is a corner little attended of the trés tourists but attended by the ' porteños', It is a traditional coffee which sells also coffee, tea, and crescents well crunching.
Its customers are made up of those which work in the surroundings, therefore the coffee closes early, towards 20h. On her walls, are exposed boards, fabrics and photographs of the artists of Buenos Aires.
Puerto Rico - Alsina 420, Buenos Aires

EL GATO NEGRO
Typical restaurant-bar-coffee of Buenos Aires and grocer where it is possible to buy spices, coffee and tea, In full heart of the street Corrientes, it is a place of meetings. On the first floor, it is possible to lunch or dine and certain afternoons to listen to tango, jazz or music of Argentinian fusion.
El Gato Negro - Corrientes 1669, Buenos Aires

FLORIDA GARDEN
Here finds a certain intelligentsia portègne, journalists, businessmen and merchants. ' Florida Garden' is elegant but such a rebellious corner of the city. It had its glory in the years ' 60, with the multitude of the artists who then attended the celèbre and revolutionary Instituto Di Tella, where the Argentinian avant-gardists found a place of expression.
Florida Garden - Florida 899, Buenos Aires

CONFITERIA IDEAL
It is one of the oldest bars of Buenos Aires, withthe style Art Deco, with two majestic levels. It survived the great crises that the country knew.
The ' Ideal' knew to adapt without losing its charm. At the ground floor, we can take the tea with special pastry makings house and some sandwiches. One buys confectioneries to be carried. On the first floor, one dances the tango tous.les.jours, after midday and evening. Here one finds severalcourses of practice of dance.
Confiteria Ideal - Suipacha 384, Buenos Aires