The historic bar “La Giralda”, which is located on Corrientes Avenue, in downtown Buenos Aires, reopened its doors today at seven in the morning after almost three years since its closure. The place returned to work under a new administration, which remodeled its interior, although it retained its façade. The opening of the bar was attended by dozens of customers who ordered chocolate with churros, the iconic menu for which the site is recognized. The venue had been opened in 1930, but closed in 2018 due to economic problems.
Gabriel Garcia and Nicolas Marques, who bought the site from the Nodrid family, former owners of the site, said the intention was to open in mid-2020, but the pandemic slowed down plans.
“The iconic chocolate with churros we are not going to modify it but we do cover a wider and more varied gastronomic offer than before, with lunch, dinner, and bar drinks. We are going for that public as well,” Marques told the Telam news agency.In addition, the new owners commented that they kept the front of the cafeteria and recovered the woods with the acid-carved mirrors that are around the perimeter of the place. They also replicated the neon sign that says “chocolate with churros”, from the old Giralda, the marble tables and thonet style chairs.” La Giralda” was born in 1930 as a dairy, by the hand of the Andalusian Francisco Garrido, but it was only in 1951 that it became a symbol of Corrientes Street. That year it was acquired by Antonio Nodrid, who retained the name, the chocolate brand of its first owner and the tradition of churros. His great-grandson was the last Nodrid to be in charge of the bar until financial problems forced it to close in 2018.
