It is the oldest and most visited notable coffee in Buenos Aires. With more than 150 years, the most outstanding figures of the artistic avant-garde of the 1920s passed through his living room and cellar in the basement. In that corner of memory the voices of Borges, Bioy Casares, Quinquela Martín, González Tuñón, Luigi still resonate Pirandello, Federico García Lorca, Cortazar, Arthur Rubinstein and Alfonsina Storni. Formerly, it also had a table always available and reserved, far from its admirers for its outstanding and assiduous client, Carlos Gardel.
Currently, the underground of Tortoni offers jazz and tango shows, not to be missed for lovers of Buenos Aires music. The Monserrat neighborhood, where this coffee is located, is synonymous with music. Next to the bar is the
National Tango Academy and the
World Tango Museum. An excellent option to learn much more about the city and each of its corners is to do it safely and entertainingly with the
Walking City Tour.