With a very rich history, it is visited at all times by intellectuals, politicians and artists. . Going into the Tortoni to have a cup of coffee, to meet someone there, to attend any of the innumerable cultural functions offered there, is getting into the very kernel of tradition. Tradition is not the past. Tradition, transmission, comes from tradere, to give.
Tradition is the offering of the best of the past to the men of the present and the future.
And one day we shall find the best of the present there, once it has aged enough. Jos Gobello, 1998. Carlos Ca as, Carlos Mastronardi, Arberto Mosquera Monta a, Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos de la C rcova, Juli n Centella, Julio de Caro and Roberto Fanego Between others. With my kindest, most affectionate regards. Its is very touching to be here, in this fascinating caf where the memory of so much argentine history and culture is preserved, and that keeps a tally of the nearness between your society and our history.