Gioconda coffee bar

A commemorative blue plaque was placed the site of the cafe at number 9 in 2014.^{[notes 1]}

La Gioconda was a cafe in London's Tin Pan Alley — Denmark Street — where musicians such as David Bowie and Elton John would eat and meet other people in the music business. The premises subsequently became the Barino coffee bar.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

Footnotes

1. 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 January 13, 2015.

References

1. Glinert, Ed (2012). "Denmark Street". The London Compendium: A Street-by-street Exploration of the Hidden Metropolis. Penguin. p. 111. ISBN 9780718192044.
2. Fay Maschler (7 November 2012), "Giaconda Dining Rooms - review", Evening Standard
3. Jay Rayner (31 August 2008), "Perfect Pitch", The Observer

External links

• 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.

Coordinates: 51°30′54″N 0°07′46″W / 51.5151°N 0.129567°W