| Gioconda coffee bar | |
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| Location | London, United Kingdom |
La Gioconda[1][2] was a cafe at 9Denmark Street in London'sTin Pan Alley, where musicians such asDavid Bowie,Dana Gillespie andElton John would eat and meet other people in the music business. The premises subsequently became theBarino coffee bar.[3] The name was then revived as theGiaconda Dining Room in 2008 which expanded to theGiaconda Dining Rooms before being renamedLa Giaconda and then closing in 2014.[4][5]
A popular dive was La Giocondo, a cafe/bar in which most members of the nascent R&B revolution visited at some point or other – David Bowie was said to practically live there.
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