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Farewell to La Paz bar and the mystery about the future of a classic corner of Corrientes Avenue

2021-08-26T18:01:26.132Z


It was closed since March 20, 2020. A month ago they emptied the premises and these days they lowered the sign with his name. It is not yet known what they will open instead.


Karina Niebla

08/26/2021 2:49 PM

  • Clarín.com

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Updated 08/26/2021 2:49 PM

Meeting point post cinema or theater.

Improvised conference of journalists, students, writers and moviegoers.

And the backdrop for an endless list of songs, books, series.

The

La Paz bar

was in the literary scenes of Fernando Noy with Pizarnik, Fogwill and Viñas.

Behind the pineapple from Pollo to Ricardo in “Okupas”.

Or of the roses sold for a month in "11 and 6".

But, unlike iconic bars with better luck, the pandemic took La Paz forever, according to information

from the Corrientes Avenue gastronomic

Clarín

. In its place another project will start, although it has not yet been confirmed which one. Despite repeated attempts, this newspaper was unable to communicate with its current owners. The merchants of the area venture that in that corner of

Corrientes and Montevideo they

will open

 a pizzeria or a sushi place

.

What is known is that

Café La Paz closed on March 20, 2020

, that Friday that Argentina was stained with ASPO.

As with so many things that take on their final meaning later, that day would become

the last of his 76 years

.

Meanwhile, a few months ago, the famous premise of "If there is no news, it is good news" gave hope of a return.

The La Paz bar closed on March 20, 2020 and its window was covered by white packing paper.

Photo Maxi Failla

The tables remained with their chairs stacked on top for almost a year, as if at any moment the mythical bar was going to reopen. The entire menu was glued to the glass at that time, waiting for a future that would go back to the past, that someone could ask again for

those croissants, that toast, that coffee with almond liqueur, cream and chocolate that bore the name of the place

.

Perhaps it was that romantic stubbornness that prevented the "For Rent" sign from being hung, or the one that delayed the removal of the furniture until a month ago.

"It was difficult to find entrepreneurs interested in taking over that corner,"

admits a newspaper vendor.

A corner that, in recent years, was far from where it had been, to the point of having given part of its space to a chain kiosk.

Without La Paz, the corner of Corrientes and Montevideo does not seem the same.

Photo Maxi Failla

All that perimeter of Corrientes and Montevideo to the northeast is now

surrounded by white packing paper glued to the glass

.

Some broken parts reveal the interior.

Empty place, almost without furniture.

Follow the bar, which flaunts gel alcohol.

At one meter, a large garbage can.

On the floor, the sign with the name of La Paz in Arial Black letters, which had replaced the previous one, cursive cursive font.

The previous sign for La Paz, in cursive font.

Stock Photo

This corner void is taken advantage of by

a street artist

, who when the evening falls he stands in the retired ochava and begins to sing.

Young man, bleached short hair, microphone, speaker on wheels and a player.

In front, a poster: “They used my image on Bendita TV.

Justice.

I have no job".

Nor does this Corrientes avenue have so much work with more and more premises for rent.

The office buildings are still empty and

the commercial activity is not completely back

.

Some rumors say that on the corner where La Paz was, he would open a sushi place or a pizzeria.

Photo Maxi Failla

But when it comes to gastronomy, there is good news.

This week the remarkable cafe La Giralda reopened, dating back to 1400, renovated by the Pereiro Cerrotti & Asociados architectural firm, the same one that had previously modernized La Paz.

The US pizza chain Sbarro also landed, with a location at 1200. The more traditional pizzerias regain public, in part thanks to the return of the theater.

These slight new airs that run through the avenue play like a timid wind in favor of the reopening of the corner of La Paz, although now it is commanded by new owners.

With the news of the definitive closure of the cafe, it remains to hope that the next destination will continue to be, at least, gastronomic.

NS

Look also

A hope among so many closings: La Giralda reopens and Corrientes recovers a historic bar

Secrets and stories of the Confitería Del Molino, the most admired icon of Buenos Aires Art Nouveau

Source: clarin

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