This café, meeting place for writers, politicians, bullfighters, traders, comedians and military in the Puerta del Sol from Madrid in the second half of the 19th century, also are you call pneumonias coffee by currents of air between the doors of the street d e Alcala, plaza and the career San Jerónimo. Had 50 employees, 600 chairs and 100 coffee machines. His rent was 280. real 000 / year. The collection of the day of its opening on September 4, 1864 was 86. 000 reales; but customers took borrowed the tenth part of the golden spoons of coffee.
