1939 Cock-tails Bar la Florida

modernized the simple drinks of our ancestor and the valuable efforts added to the bright talent of Constante, have converted the glorious and historic corner into a refuge of Art and Poetry. As the modern cocktail is said to be the poetry of liquor, its essence and fragrance is as that of a subtle flower. The delicate crystal of the cocktail glasses enables you to enjoy all the good that exists, leaving the hardship of daily life forgotten. The scenary is unsurpassed beauty. Pain is overlooked. Love is sweeter and tenderer. The COCKTAIL IS SPIRITUALISTIC. At the beginning of the dry era, noted magazine in the United States and England wrote, that fortunately for the present and future generations, the art of the cocktail would remain, as did ancient culture in Europe during the invasion of the barbarions, safely revered in its most sacred temples, viz: The American Bar in Paris, facing the Grand Opera (at the rear of the cafe de la Paix) and the Bar Restaurant "La'Florida" in Havana, Cuba. Today as a eentury ago, erected over the same old stones of the "Silver Pine" the cocktail Cathedral where Constante officiates, stands amid the traditional streets for the delight of good drinkers and continues to be the gathering place of men and women who can distinguish the good wines and drink with extasy the essence of a cocktail. Sweet symbol of a high an elaborate civilization. "The Silver Pine", "La Florida" cafe —1819-1939— through the ages always the same. Cocktails, wines, re freshments, ices, smiles, flirtations, happiness, negotia tions, love, all of this over the same old stones, facing the same unchangeable scenary, under the same warm blue sky.

L. Frau Marsal.

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