Beware the taller
May 29th, 2004
So it was Tatiana’s birthday on Thursday, and a group of friends attended her summons to a place in Tres Ríos called either Café Arte or Taller del Artista (depending on which sign you read). I was going to write a full review for Barflies, but I thought that a warning would suffice.
Their only saving grace is a wide selection of coffees, but food and art they have are quite similar: unimaginative, shallow, bland and overpriced.
No compelling reason to go, unless you want to gawk at Rafa Fernández knock-offs while being “attended to” by snotty waitresses.
For a more detailed hatchet job, check out Esteban’s post about the place:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/maleficence/70393.html
Who’s Rafa Fernandez?
He’s a local painter. Has done quite well for himself, although I feel that lately he has been mostly plagiarizing his own old material – which I why it’s kind of funny to see other people plagiarizing him.
Here’s a bit more information about him: http://www.artedirecto.net/Rafa.htm