About El Gato Negro
As soon as you step inside El Gato Negro, it smells really good. The smell of spices hangs in the air mixed with smell of coffee. Traditional tea-spice-coffee place in Buenos Aires, it almost feels like you’re in another time/era. Rachel & Patrick from Buenos Aires Argentina Guide wrote an interesting posting about this place: El Gato Negro. Down below is the info provided by the city’s tourism portal.
During many years, El Gato Negro was the best house of spices in the city. It was founded in 1926, under the name of “La Martinica”, in an adjoining shop. In 1927, the bar was moved to the present place and was renamed in honour to the menu of a dining car of the Orient Express. More than 400 spices can be found in this store. At the end of the XX century, the café and the dining room were opened on the first floor. Tea and coffee from every part of the world are the speciality of the house.
September 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
[…] The black cat As soon as you step inside El Gato Negro, it smells really good. The smell of spices hangs in the air mixed with smell of coffee. Traditional tea-spice-coffee place in Buenos Aires, it almost feels like you’re in another time/era. More pictures and more info here. […]
September 24th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
si el gato negro es poca madre fui a buenos aires por primera vez desde seattle wa. y el sentimiento que esta en el aire es ese establecimiento es inolvidable. la geometria y los holores.
es como todo buenos aires