Gioconda coffee bar
A commemorative blue plaque was placed the site of the cafe at number 9 in 2014.[notes 1]
La Gioconda was a cafe in London's Tin Pan Alley — Denmark Street — where musicians such as David Bowie and Elton John would eat and meet other people in the music business. The premises subsequently became the Barino coffee bar.[1] The name was then revived as the Giaconda Dining Room in 2008 which expanded to the Giaconda Dining Rooms before being renamed La Giaconda and then closing in 2014.[2][3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Note that photographs confirm that the original cafe was spelt Gio- rather than Gia-, which now appears on the plaque. See blog by Peter Watts: "Denmark Street and regeneration: slow death or triumphant rebirth?". Retrieved January 13, 2015.
References
- ↑ Glinert, Ed (2012). "Denmark Street". The London Compendium: A Street-by-street Exploration of the Hidden Metropolis. Penguin. p. 111. ISBN 9780718192044.
- ↑ Fay Maschler (7 November 2012), "Giaconda Dining Rooms - review", Evening Standard
- ↑ Jay Rayner (31 August 2008), "Perfect Pitch", The Observer
External links
- Gavin Sutherland on "Tin Pan Alley"
- Mrs Tsk on David Bowie and the original La Gioconda
- Pamela Sidney on the Barino
- Giaconda Dining Rooms named Time Out's best restaurant
- Make some noise about La Giaconda on Denmark Street
- Blog by Peter Watts on threat to Denmark Street in 2014, includes photo of original Gioconda cafe.
Coordinates: 51°30′54″N 0°07′46″W / 51.5151°N 0.129567°W
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