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 porteño 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.
José Gobello, 1998.
Clarin Newspaper has videos and pictures:
http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/10/27/um/m-02027450.htm
Other pictures:
http://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=0CCMQsAQwBA
Gran Cafe Tortoni is the oldest it was built in 1857
http://www.cafetortoni.com.ar/ it has text in spanish, French and English.
Best regards, Sergio
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