La Ópera

It opened its doors in 1876 at the very corner of San Juan de Letrán and Av. Juárez (today the Torre Latino), whose owners were two French sisters with the surname Boulangeot; began as a pastry shop for a very select society with resounding success. In 1895 the OPERA was installed at the corner of 5 de Mayo and Filomeno Mata; opening its doors now as a canteen. His most frequent clients: Don Porfirio Díaz and his wife Carmelita Romero Rubio José Ivés Limantour, Minister of Finance, distinguished politicians of the time, illustrious friends of Don Porfirio, and a whole society of the highest class. The Revolution came and after having had a selective clientele, it was visited by those from below, the hatted and short-haired Zapata, and then the untimely visit of General Francisco Villa, who, making his power felt, fired his pistol and a shot was embedded in the ceiling. When everything calmed down, LA OPERA once again had distinguished clientele such as Don Miguel Alemán and Adolfo López Mateos. Emilio Portes Gil Uruchurtu and from then on a huge list of people from politics, culture, the arts, etc. Among those who can be mentioned: Carlos Fuentes. Carlos Monsivais, José Luis Cuevas, the great Mexican journalist Lic. Jacobo Zabludosky, Gabriel García Marquez, Octavio Paz, Sofía Basi, Diego Fernandez de Ceballos, and almost all the presidents of Mexico up to the present (he has visited us three times ), national and international artists.