| Fonda de los Tres Reyes | |
|---|---|
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | c.1800 |
| Closed | April 20, 1830 |
| Owner(s) | Juan Bonfillo |
| City | Buenos Aires |
| Country | Argentina |
Fonda de los Tres Reyes was an Inn or Tavern that worked in Buenos Aires in the late 18th century and early 19th. It was the main hotel and restaurant in the city, located in the neighborhood of San Nicolás, populated around 1810 by a considerable number of British and American immigrants.
History
The establishment was owned by Juan Bonfillo, a Genoese merchant, who had arrived in the port of Buenos Aires in 1790. Bonfiglio had bought the inn in 1802 to a family of Prieto name, Its facilities were located in the street Santo Cristo (current 25 de Mayo) facing the Plaza Mayor, and in the vicinity of Fuerte de Buenos Aires.
Among his major clients were William Brown and James Florence Burke from Ireland, and some members of Lautaro Lodge.
During the first British invasion of the River Plate, La Fonda de los Tres Reyes was place of lodging of William Beresford and his officers.
La Fonda de los Tres Reyes was the most exclusive restaurant and hotel in Buenos Aires in the 1800s. This business was in front of the La fonda de Doña Clara, a inn administered by its owner, the English lady Mary Clark.
Notable clients
- Hipólito Vieytes (1762-1815) Argentine politician
- Juan José Paso (1758-1833) Argentine lawyer and politician
- Nicolás Rodríguez Peña (1773-1853) Argentine politician
- Manuel Belgrano (1770-1820) Argentine statesman
- José de San Martín (1778-1850) Argentine patriot.
- Guillermo Brown (1777-1857) Irish Admiral.
References
- Mariquita Sánchez: Vida política y sentimental, María Sáenz Quesada, June 2011, ISBN 9789500734745
- Documentos de arquitectura nacional y americana, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, 1993
- Historia de los barrios de Buenos Aires, Volumen2, Editorial Elche, 1998, 1998, ISBN 9789509921221
- Diario de Buenos Aires: 1806-1807, Alberto Mario Salas, 1981
- Todo es historia, Números 265-270, Todo es Historia, 1989, 1989
- Artes, ciencias y letras en la América colonial: investigaciones, Roberto Casazza, 2009, ISBN 9789871354450
- Vieytes: El Desterrado, Francisco N. Juárez, 2001, ISBN 9789500719452
- Historia de la nación argentina, Academia Nacional de la Historia (Argentina), Ricardo Levene, 1961
- Boletín de la Academia Nacional de la Historia, Volumen 28, Academia Nacional de la Historia (Argentina), 1957
- El barrio de San Nicolás, Juan José Cresto, 1999, ISBN 9789879102411
- José de San Martín, libertador de América, Instituto Nacional Sanmartiniano, 1995, ISBN 9789509517547
- Guillermo Brown: apostillas a su vida, Instituto Browniano, 1994, 1994