The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-06
Village Has
Fine Spanish
Restaurants
Latin Atmosphere Is
Boast of Quaint
Cabarets.
NEW YORK. Aug. 5. 1895.

Dear Beatrice Burgan:
When are you coming to New
York?
7 shall keep plaguing you until I
get YOU here for a visit.
Mary Raymond Of Mempais has
been in New York a week. She and
her sister and two friends from Ala
bama arrived last Wednesday by
boat IRON Savannah.
I asked the girls what they would
like TO see. Their first choice was
Greenwich Village. Some place
with atmosphere" Mary Raymond
said.
We're going on our expedition to-
night. II I can get the key 20 Edna
St. Vincent Milay's little house,
weu stop awhile there. Mrs.
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, has the
place now. She IS a very rich wom-
an who uses it for playhouse.
Club Owned by Ex-Pugilist
Another spot the girls might find
amusing is Jimmie Sullivan's night
club on Sullivan-St Jimmie is an
eX-prize fighter and cabaret man.
We may drop by the BrevoOrt
sidewalk cafe for an apertif, try
out a Spanish restaurant for din
ner and stroll into the game room
at the old Lafayette for an after
dinner coffee.
MacDougal alley with its pictur-
esque old gas lights, quaint Wash
ington News. the winding charm
of Minetta lane and the more mat
teT-Of fact but exciting Willow
Cafeteria on Sheridan square where
the village poets. dancers and art
lists COngregate. also Will be on our
route.
The winding streets of Greenwich
Village make the neighborhood the
despair Of taxi drivers and the de-
light Of the adventurous. Cherry
lane, Grove, Minette lane, Mac
D3ugal alley and Patchin place have
all the charm of old Chelsea III
London.
Julio's Is Interesting
Gay-st is another favorite of
mine. The houses are very old.
And, they say. not particularly COM
Portable to live in, but they are ex-
tremely picturesque
I have the addresses of several
restaurants in Greenwich Village
that I intend TO show the girls. The
Mexican restaurant, for instance,
!. called Don JuliO's at 126 Waverly-
pl, between McDOugal-st and Sixth
av. Don Julio makes the tortillas
and tamales himself, they say
Another place in the Village,
noted for its Spanish food, is VAL
entine Aguirre'S at 80 Bank-st.
AgUirre is an eX-prize fighter from
the Basque country. He is also in
the steamship ticket business. His
office adjOins his restaurant.
FL Chico, Of course, is known to
every one who knows the Village.
Tt is a noisy, prosperous Spanish
cabaret. where there is a great deal
of shouting. hot dancing and hot
food. There is a little of the tour
ist atmosphere about the place, but
it is fun, in spite of the Coney
Island touches.
Greenwich Village is bordered on
the north by a pOlyglot Spanish
settlement. This may explain the
number of Spanish restaurants in
the Village.
Tango Music at FL BOlerO
Another, quite as popular as El
Chico. is Ell Bolero at 81 E. 8th-st.
This used to be Don Dickerman's
old Blue Horse Cabaret. If you like
to tango this is a swell place to
come for native music.
Then there is El Gaucho at 245
Sullivan-st. between w. 3rd-st and
w Washington square. This place
is down in a basement. Pick a cool
night when you try this hot spot.
The food, the music and the pro-
prietor are Argentine.
Less noisy. and perhaps more ma
tive. are the tiny cafes on Cherry
st. opened at this time of the year.
directly on the street, where SOM
ber-faCed men sit at tiled tables
playing monte and banco.
My next news Will be from New
port. Friday I spent with the Full
ton OUrSlerS at Falmouth on Cape
Cod. Saturday I went to Naragan-
set Beach and yesterday was in
Newport again. Faithfully yours.
HELEN WORDEN.