New York Coffee, the Boscolo Hotel, Budapest
HISTORY NEW YORK CAFE
The insurance company New York Life Insurance Company He decided to establish a company branch in Hungary. The construction was entrusted to the famous Hungarian architect and painter, alajos Hauszmann (1847-1926). THE alajos Hauszmann together with architects Floris Korb and Kalman Giergl, built a grand building, four floors with a cafe on the ground floor, the Palace New York. The building was completed in 1894 to prevent the celebration of the Millennium 1896. At his beginings 20th c., Budapest was known as the "city of 500 Cafe '.
The New York Cafis (Hungarian : New York Café ), It was one of the most famous meeting points of Hungarian intellectuals and Eastern Europe in general. All Hungarians writers, poets and artists have sat in the cafe, like Cloudonr Ferenc, Moricz Zsigmond, Sándor Márai, Babits, Géza Gárdonyi, Frigyes Karinthy, Kosztolányi, Gyula Illyes and Weöres. Other celebrities who passed through here was the Oscar-winning director of "Casablanca» (1942), Michael Curtiz and composer, Pangarat Kacsó. It is said that the famous Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár, the inauguration of New York Coffee, at 23-10 -1894 They were so impressed with the area, who threw the door keys on the Danube to stay open all hours. The famous Hungarian writer, Moricz Zsigmond He wrote in the New York Café's work, «Paul Street Boys» (1906).
The 1908 the magazine "West», one of the most important literary magazines and poetry Hungary, He used the New York Café as headquarters. During the 1930 the coffee was the glories of up to 1947, where abandoned. The 1950 the ground floor of the Palace New York, housing the coffee, turned into a sporting goods store. While the 1954 the legendary cafe reopened with new management under the name Hungary coffee house (cafe) until the Hungarian Revolution (1956). Then the building was transferred to the state and gradually began to collapse due to neglect. In February 2001 Italian hotel chain, Boscolo Hotels bought the building in order to convert it into a luxury hotel. The new hotel building occupies Palace New York and demolished the former building of the printing house, Athenaeum press, located at the rear of the palace. The 2001 or Boscolo Hotels instructed the Cultural Heritage of Hungary Rebuild and Rehabilitation Center preparing comprehensive study of all spatial reconstructionn building.
At 5 May 2006, renovated building reopened as Boscolo Hotthe, 5*, an impressive hotel 107 Room, the legendary New York Café reopened on the ground floor. To 2010 opens on the ground floor, next to the New York Café, the Salon Restaurant.
Architectural, space coffee was renovated in Baroque and refined Italian Renaissance style, with respect to its. Placed marble floors Carrara, marble columns, decorated at the edges with gold plated details, crystal chandeliers from crystal Murano and impressively ornate railings. Inside the New York Café, impressive carved ceilings are works by Hungarian sculptor, Charles Charles Senyei (1854 -1919).
The murals in the hallways and ceiling, are works of Hungarian painters, Ferenc Eisenhut (1857-1903) and Gustav Magyar - Mannheimer (1857-1937).
In front of the building, statues and decorative elements are also works Charles Senyei.
DETAIL FROM EXTERNAL LIGHTING
USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE NEW YORK CAFÉ
From 2010 and every year New York Cthousand awarded as the "best Coffee"Hungary and with the Restaurant lounge included in Michelin Guide. To 2011 the New York Coffee He took the prize "The Most Beautiful Café in the World». O Executive Chef of New York Café and Salon Restaurant, András Wolf, He is a member of the Academy Bocuse d ‘Or, the most famous culinary competition in the world and holds the title "Chef of the Year». The New York Café and Salon Restaurant Restaurant emphasize the Hungarian gastronomy.
ADDRESS – ACCESS
Boscolo Hotel Budapest, Autograph Collection, 5*, Elizabeth boulevard 9-11, Grand Boulevard, Budapest, Hungary, http://www.boscolohotels.com
New York Coffee and Restaurant lounge, tel. : (+36 1) 8866167. Access can be done by Metro, Red line 2 and Tram, Line 4,6 near Blaha Luiza ter (next to the Corinthia Hotel).
