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El Gato Tuerto Night Dreams
By: Teodoro Herrera Acosta | Photos: José (Tito) Meriño
As it has for more than five decades, El Gato Tuerto (The One-Eyed Cat) looks down from its altitude toward the sea, justly proud that, as a popular nightclub, it has maintained its bohemian existence in the heart of Havana's Vedado neighbourhood.
Opened on August 31, 1960, the Gato began as a concert café with the reading and selling of books, music and works of art together with a nice meal. Felito Ayón, cultural promoter and designer as well as founder of the Bodeguita del Medio restaurant in Old Havana, conceived the interior with sleek lines and walls painted in black, adding a bar and a small platform for troubadours, pianists, singers and artists from any artistic manifestation to "jam".
The restaurant upstairs, besides offering great food, surrounds the diner with artwork and is an oasis of quiet from
altitude toward the sea, justly proud that, as a popular nightclub, it has maintained its bohemian existence in the heart of Havana's Vedado neighbourhood.
Bodeguita del Medio restaurant in Old Havana, conceived the interior with sleek lines and walls painted in black, adding a bar and a small platform for troubadours, pianists, singers and artists from any artistic manifestation to "jam".
