The Historian · Bautista · Buenos Aires
Bar El Federal
This corner was a grocery-and-bar before the barrio was picturesque. The fittings are original — a working piece of the 19th century.
An 1864 corner almacén-turned-bar in San Telmo, still holding its carved bar-back and tin ceiling intact.
— Bautista, The Historian
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