This iconic restaurant in Budapest brings not only food but also poetry to your table – PHOTOS

Centrál Café, which opened in 1887, reopened on 14 April as the Centrál Grand Café & Bar. The interior has been revamped, and the food and drink menu has been completely renewed. What is more, not only food and drink but also poetry is served in this special place.

As we can read in the article of szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, initially, the café/restaurant will only be open four days a week, from Thursday to Sunday. However, the long-term goal is to be open seven days a week.

A little history

Centrál Café opened in 1887 in the house of Lajos Ullmann Erényi. The architectural plans were made by Zsigmond Quittner. The café was located on the ground floor of the house and consisted of eight rooms, two games rooms, a coffee room, and a cloakroom. Its founder was the café-owner Seemann, who had the café furnished for his son-in-law Frankl.

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According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, one of the most important traditions of the old Centrál Café was the intellectual character of the place, the lively intellectual life. It was once the favoured café of painters, architects, sculptors, journalists, theatre people, photographers, musicians, art historians, doctors, and university professors, in addition to being open day and night. In today’s terms, Centrál was the knowledge and information centre of its time.

Founded in 1887, the place has seen many changes. The penultimate major transformation was a reopening in 2000, after a refurbishment. The café closed for 18 months in 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic. During this time, negotiations began with the new, current operator, Eventrend Group.

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