Fernando Riano He has once again stirred emotion among the people of Toledo with his blog “The people of Toledo”in which he has been working for a year and a half, remembering the places, premises, businesses and shops of this city of the last hundred years. The work of a lover of this city who only seeks to be a place where he can save the memory of these places by collecting the namesthe locations and some other data of the companies existing in the city of Toledo during the twentieth century. One of his first works was already dedicated to the bars of the twentieth century, from the mythical ‘The Spanish‘, in the Plaza de Zocodover, until ‘Ludena’which still exists, but now returns with a special moment, the “Movida Toledo”, the “best years of our lives”, as one reader said in the blog comments. Fernando Riañ dedicated an entry to these 80s and 90s of the 20th centurywhen it was not necessary to book a Saturday to go to a bar in the historic center and there were no queues of tourists at the gates of El Trébol.
Riaño says that at that time Many establishments are opening in Toledo “which offered the younger and older generations meeting points where they could chat and have fun from early afternoon until late morning.” The recently created Community Council of Castilla-La Mancha and the new University have given the city a new air, which led to the city’s nightlife boom focused on the historic center that changed the night of Toledo for hoteliers, guests and neighbors.
In the first opus of “Toledanian Nights”, he already looked at the first nightclubs and places in Miraderoand now “it is time to remember the bars and discos scattered in the narrow streets of the center, where people drank Beers in liter glasses, submarines, boffins, panther milkcalimocho, tequila, cubatas… but above all, they talked and had a good time.
And in the blog, open to everyone on the internet (we remember, among other things, the bar The Monterosby Javier Montero, on the square known for the Jesuits and the fashion of drinking calimocho in “The Alcarreño”in a place that was “growing stronger and stronger” in the early 1980s.
‘La Viña’, Chapineria Street
Don’t forget two classics of Santa Fe Street thanks to Buenaventura del Álamo, opened in the late 80s. “The clover”with its famous bombs and chips and the “Sildavia” (currently La Tabernita). And many others, such as ‘Juniper’, ‘the Vineyard’, the ‘Corralito’, which is still active, the ‘Amsterdam’, the dolphin (now Del Fin) and the Broadway Jazz Clubthe only place dedicated to Jazz in the city.
Let us also remember that Calle Rojas, at number 3, was for a time “The Rojas 3”, by Teresa Castanedo and Marta. Then it was La Escondida, Copa Copa and La Taberna de Garcilaso. And, as time went on, in those years, Alfileritos Street and its surroundings were filled with people and It was difficult, if not impossible, for a car to dare to go there.” It was his turn ‘Macondo’, where is currently located the Okay Okaywith South American music by the Fernández Andino brothers (Toni, Leonardo and Octavio). Nearby was the “Kaya”, which is currently “La Clave”. On the slope of Cristo de la Luz was one of the most memorable, ‘The Tavern’, opened by Alfonso Ramírez Bea, so called because it was located opposite Mr. Fortuna’s tavern. It was the pioneer bar in the area and was known to all as the “BarTolo”. Very close to there, the jacarandaanother of the pioneers (still active with its pâté and cheese boards), opened in 1978 by Ramon de Pablos. And, among other places, in the Plaza de San Ginés, there was Saltof Angel Mora.
On Sal Street they had a lot of pressure “The Barrels” and “The Comic Strip”and in Chapinería Street there was “The Vineyard”opened in 1981 by María José and Gabriel, the bar became famous thanks to its cider barrels. Another famous bar on Chapineria Street was Chapi, Jany’s, a little above La Viña. It later became El Café de Louise, then Evil Rock. And don’t forget the bar Scorpions in the early 90s and that at the end of the evening, it was classic to eat churros in Swisswhich was directed by Rosa Clamagirand.
Summer terraces
And he also doesn’t forget to mention the summer terraces that have been at the end of the 80s on the banks of the Tagusin the Passage Boat area. Were Nabumboo, Reina Ribera and Playa de Pikiki. “In the early 90s, Sithon Nightclub It had a summer terrace in the gardens of the Alcazar. Inside Recaredo Walk There were also several terraces like Hang glider, Mask, Pacha, Fog or Paradise. A separate page also deserves the Basic Kioskwith “one of the most beautiful views in the world,” he said.
Rosa Clamagirand directed “The Swiss”
But, “little by little, the Santa Teresa neighborhood acquired the clientele. Cuba Square and its surroundings have become a regular meeting place, while a torture for the neighborhood. But that should be the subject of another entry,” he concludes.
