Café Gijón

Opened on Paseo de Recoletos in 1888 by a man from Gijón, and for more than a century the standing address for Madrid's literary tertulias: Cela, Gerardo Diego and García Nieto among hundreds of others. Marino Gómez-Santos wrote its chronicle and Umbral wrote the night he arrived. A literary prize carrying the café's name is still awarded annually.

Street Address

Paseo de Recoletos, 21

Cuisine Style

Café

Category: Food & Drink

Tags: 1888, cafe, tertulia, literary

Coordinates: 40.4591281, -3.4750632

Part of Madrid tabernas trading for more than a century

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