The Tortoni is the paradigm of port café, but little is known about its origins. Just a French immigrant named Touan decided to inaugurate the end of 1858, the name borrowed from an establishment on the Boulevard des Italiens, which gathered the elite of nineteenth-century Parisian culture.
At the end of the century, the bar was bought by another Frenchman Don Celestino Curutchet, whom the poet Allende Iragorri described as typical wise old man ... the French .... Often strong in body and spirit, style knob classic elongated eyes and wearing a bright-Arab black silk cap, almost a cartoon character that added an accent peculiar physiognomy to the place.
The place was frequented by a group of painters, writers, journalists and musicians who formed the Association of People of Arts and Letters, led by Benito Quinquela Martin. In May 1926 are La Pena, and ask Don Celestino Curutchet, let them use the underground cellar. The owner accepts delighted because in his words ... Artists spend little, but give luster and fame to coffee.
This café seems that the time had stopped as a daguerreotype, when the people he plays billiards, cards, or just drinking coffee with friends.
Schedule: Every Day | 20:00HS
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