Bar Británico: The Empire Rises Again
It's not often that you lose a fave watering hole and then get it back with clean crappers to boot. When the über-classic 24-hour Bar Británico in Buenos Aires closed last June, there was much gnashing of teeth, signing of petitions (by 20,000 people), and a court fight. But in the end, alas, it closed to be replaced, it was rumored, by a cyber café. Well, a week ago it reopened as...Bar Británico. Admittedly the three original "gallego" (Spanish) owners are SOL and the landlord is never going to be elected mayor, but the new version has kept most of the old stuff, is open 24-hours a day, has 3 pesos ($1) coffee, and has remodeled bathrooms and airconditioning. And as sad and painful as the eviction of the owners and the temporary shutdown was, those old bathrooms were nasty.
El Bar Británico, un clásico que vuelve a San Telmo [Clarín]
Al final, reabre el Bar Británico [Pasa en Buenos Aires]
¡Resistiré! [Pasa en Buenos Aires]
Y al final...desalojaron el Bar Británico [Pasa en Buenos Aires]
Bar Británico slide show [Mirá Buenos AIres]
Bar Británico is closed [Buenos Aires: City of Faded Elegance]
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