Tango Café

The Tango Café was a coffee shop in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which operated for 10 years, 2003-2012.[1][2]

It was owned by Liliana Petruy of Mendoza, Argentina, with help from her two daughters. It was conceived as a cultural center as well as a coffee shop with Argentinean lunch and snack items.[3] The Tango Café became noteworthy for its cultural impact on the surrounding community, through dance, music, literature, art. In addition, throughout the Café's lifetime, up to six Spanish language classes were taught per week at levels from beginner through advanced.

When a development project for the nearby intersection was proposed in 2008 ,[4] supporters in the community developed a petition to insist on the relocation of the Café[5][6] and lobbied for its survival in several community meetings. The Forward Square Project was halted the following year. Nevertheless, the closing of a nearby movie theatre spelled financial difficulties for the Café.[7] In January 2012, the Tango Café closed.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Zoller, Mike (2008). "Tango Cafe fighting for its existence". The Jewish Chronicle.
  2. ↑ Miller, Alexis (May 21, 2008). "The Tango Cafe: A Taste of Argentina in Pittsburgh". POPCity.
  3. ↑ Munch (July 4, 2007). "Munch goes to Tango Cafe". Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
  4. ↑ Levin, Steve (July 19, 2008). "$50 million Poli project will reshape Squirrel Hill". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Zoller, Mike (2008). "Tango Café searching for a new home". The Jewish Chronicle.
  6. ↑ Nelson-Jones, Diana (November 3, 2008). "Tango Cafe patrons petition for its survival". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  7. ↑ Fleming, Adam (August 21, 2008). "Development: Planned Squirrel Hill project could mean losing what's already there". City Paper.
  8. ↑ Heyl, Eric (March 23, 2012). "Squirrel Hill's lost a step with no Tango". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 9 August 2013.

External links

A series of interviews was created by Victor Beltrán to document the role of the Tango Café.

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Coordinates: 40°25′47″N 79°55′23″W / 40.429588°N 79.923155°W / 40.429588; -79.923155

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