La Gioconda[1][2] was a cafe at 9 Denmark Street in London's Tin Pan Alley, where musicians such as David Bowie, Dana Gillespie and Elton John would eat and meet other people in the music business. The premises subsequently became the Barino coffee bar.[3] The name was then revived as the Giaconda Dining Room in 2008 which expanded to the Giaconda Dining Rooms before being renamed La Giaconda and then closing in 2014.[4][5]
| Gioconda coffee bar | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| City | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Footnotes
edit- ^ Note that photographs confirm that the original cafe was spelt Gio- rather than Gia-, which now appears on the plaque. See blog by Peter Watts: "Denmark Street and regeneration: slow death or triumphant rebirth?". Retrieved 13 January 2015.
References
edit- ^ Peter Watts. "Denmark Street and regeneration: slow death or triumphant rebirth?". Retrieved 13 January 2015.
A popular dive was La Giocondo, a cafe/bar in which most members of the nascent R&B revolution visited at some point or other – David Bowie was said to practically live there.
- ^ greatwenlondon. files. wordpress .com/2014/07/ la-gioconda.jpg
- ^ Glinert, Ed (2012). "Denmark Street". The London Compendium: A Street-by-street Exploration of the Hidden Metropolis. Penguin. p. 111. ISBN 9780718192044.
- ^ Fay Maschler (7 November 2012), "Giaconda Dining Rooms - review", Evening Standard
- ^ Jay Rayner (31 August 2008), "Perfect Pitch", The Observer
External links
edit- Gavin Sutherland on "Tin Pan Alley"
- Mrs Tsk on David Bowie and the original La Gioconda
- Pamela Sidney on the Barino
- Giaconda Dining Rooms named Time Out's best restaurant
- Make some noise about La Giaconda on Denmark Street
- Blog by Peter Watts on threat to Denmark Street in 2014, includes photo of original Gioconda cafe.