Why is Buenos Aires Cafés Day celebrated?

<p>The date was chosen because on a day like today, but in 1894, the second entrance of the iconic and legendary Caf&eacute; Tortoni was inaugurated on Avenida de Mayo 825.</p> <p>It was founded in 1858 by a French immigrant surnamed Touan, who named it in honor of another famous Cafe Tortoni in Paris.</p> <p>At their tables, great figures such as Jorge Luis Borges, Federico Garc&iacute;a Lorca, Arthur Rubinstein, Benito Quinquela Mart&iacute;n, Albert Einstein, Jos&eacute; Ortega y Gasset, Carlos Gardel and Julio Cort&aacute;zar have sat.</p> <p><a href="https://paola-moreira.medium.com/buenos-aires-cafes-day-147752148b90"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>