Music and orchestra to celebrate the “Day of the Cafs of Buenos Aires” (Photo: Florencia Downes).
A caravan of old collectives this afternoon he toured some of the historic bars in the center and downtown porteo, where he stopped for a jazz band to cheer the patrons with their music, as part of the celebration of “Day of the Cafs of Buenos Aires”.
The trip began around 4:00 p.m. at the corner of Defensa and Brasil in front of Parque Lezama, where the bars are located.Hippopotamus” and “British“, And then visit”The federationl “in Per and Carlos Calvo,”Point Caf“In Per 602,”The Colonial“In Peru and Belgrano,”Cafe Martnez“In Lima and Avenida de Mayo,”Blue sea“In Rodrguez Pea and Tucumn,”Bar Lavalle“In Rodrguez Pea and Lavalle,”Cult Caf“In Esmeralda and Viamonte,”Florida Garden“In Paraguay and Florida, and”The connecting rod”In Quintana 596.
The musicians toured the bars in an old bus (Photo: Florencia Downes).
Julieta Vzquez, One of those in charge of “El Colonial” told Tlam: “My family has been in charge of the bar since 2005, first with my father Juan Vzquez and my brother and then I joined; these activities like those of today are held every year on the anniversary of the inauguration of the Tortoni and are always linked to the artistic ”.
“The pandemic treated us very badly because we are in the microcenter and most of our clients are office workers that were closed or with reduced presence, very little by little. we are returning to normal, but we are still far from one hundred percent, “he pointed out.
The Legislature passed the law that institutes the celebration on October 5, 2000 (Photo: Florencia Downes).
Vzquez argued that “There was a huge family effort to keep the businessLuckily, our couples have work and they were able to understand the situation so that everything that came in from the drinks went directly to the payment of salaries, rent of the premises and services; In addition, there were family aid, the ATP program of the national government for salaries and subsidies of the Buenos Aires government ”.
“We are with many expectations of openness to tourismThis is going to bring us a flow of clients that we still do not have today because there are many offices in the downtown area that are not working at full capacity or have not opened ”, he estimated.
The emblematic Cafe Tortoni (Photo: Florencia Downes).
“In these bars, gastronomy merges with heritage to rescue history and art, they are places to be lived especially by young people who were always the ones who found them as meeting points and filled them with life”, completed Vzquez.
The date of October 26 refers to the opening, in 1894, of the entrance on Avenida de Mayo 825 of the historic Caf Tortoni.
A celebration with drums and trumpets (Photo: Florencia Downes).
On October 5, 2000, the Legislature passed the law that establishes the “Day of the Cafs of Buenos Aires” considering it a typical portage trait and as a way of supporting an activity that is part of urban culture.
