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So Sad
I liked the place.
They still have a web page [URL]http://www.los36billares.com.ar/[/URL]
[QUOTE=NormanStormin;449573]The above report was posted Jan 4, 2005 (notice it is the first post of the thread but 15 posts got lost in cyberspace?)
I did a review of this famous Avenida de Mayo cafe years ago but can not find the report. Possibly pre Argentina Private days. At any rate, four years ago it was closed and the rumor was La Continental had bought it. I was horrified that another landmark was going to become another cheap pizzeria. I was there yesterday. Indeed La Continental owns it. The menu is leather bound and printed in old style, but it is exactly La Continental menu and prices. The basement billard hall is in full operation . The Rivadavia side still has the old Gallegos playing cards. The original numbered marble topped tables, but the interior wood panneling fully restored and bathrooms remodled.
Congratulations La Continental for a job well done preserving a Buenos Aires landmark at affordable prices.[/QUOTE]