Fonda de los Tres Reyes

Fonda de los Tres Reyes was an Inn or Tavern that worked in Buenos Aires in the late 18th century and early 19th.[1] It was the main hotel and restaurant in the city, located in the neighborhood of San Nicolás,[2] populated around 1810 by a considerable number of British and American immigrants.[3]

Fonda de los Tres Reyes
Restaurant information
Establishedc.1800
ClosedApril 20, 1830
Owner(s)Juan Bonfillo
CityBuenos Aires
CountryArgentina

History

The establishment was owned by Juan Bonfillo, a Genoese merchant, who had arrived in the port of Buenos Aires in 1790.[4] Bonfiglio had bought the inn in 1802 to a family of Prieto name,[5] 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.[6]

Among his major clients were William Brown and James Florence Burke from Ireland,[7] and some members of Lautaro Lodge.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

Notable clients

References
  1. Mariquita Sánchez: Vida política y sentimental, María Sáenz Quesada
  2. Documentos de arquitectura nacional y americana:, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste
  3. Historia de los barrios de Buenos Aires, Volumen2, Editorial Elche, 1998
  4. Diario de Buenos Aires: 1806-1807, Alberto Mario Salas
  5. Todo es historia, Números 265-270, Todo es Historia, 1989
  6. Artes, ciencias y letras en la América colonial: investigaciones, Roberto Casazza
  7. Vieytes: El Desterrado, Francisco N. Juárez
  8. Historia de la nación argentina:, Academia Nacional de la Historia (Argentina), Ricardo Levene
  9. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de la Historia, Volumen 28, Academia Nacional de la Historia (Argentina)
  10. El barrio de San Nicolás:, Juan José Cresto
  11. José de San Martín, libertador de América, Instituto Nacional Sanmartiniano
  12. Guillermo Brown: apostillas a su vida, Instituto Browniano, 1994
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