Vino, por fin, muy pronto

La semana pasada por fin nos han dado el dictamen favorable para vender "vinos generosos", como se le llama al vino en el lenguaje burocrático. Sólo toca que agreguen la leyenda a la licencia.
Así que pronto, esperamos que a más tardar la próxima semana, podremos ofrecer a nuestros cada vez más numerosos clientes una copa de buen vino tinto o blanco.
Salud.

Reabrimos con desayunos

El fin de semana pasado fue emocionante por dos motivos. Festejamos el cumpleaños de Myriam y en eso andábamos cuando cayó un par de inspectores del ayuntamiento a las 00:30 de la noche del domingo. Dos botellas de tinto que habíamos compartido entre varios descansaban en una de las mesas y de eso se agarraron los de la camisa azul clarito para declarar la clausura del Morgana, que tiene permiso para chela, pero no para "vinos generosos".
Cuatro horas de llevalacopia, traelacopiaelsello, tuidenficaciónytulicencia, pagadosmilpesosregresa, yasefueelquefirmaregresamástarde, y el Morgana abrió de nuevo sus puertas el lunes 1 de octubre a las 13:00 horas.
DESAYUNOS
Y bueno, la mejor noticia para nuestros clientes es que ofrecemos desde el lunes desayunos especiales: Tortilla española acompañada de ensalada o frijoles fritos, una exquisitez, lo mismo que los waffles, que puede acompañarse de fruta, crema Chantilly o jamón serrano. Todo puede hacerse en paquete que incluye café y jugo.
Nos vemos por acá.

CHELAS 2 X 3

Este próximo viernes 28 de septiembre el Café Morgana y Cervecería Minerva te ofrecen cerveza al 2 x 3.
Aprovecha la oportunidad de degustar esta deliciosa cerveza y pasar un rato agradable.

La cita es de 19:00 a 22:00 horas.

Aquí te esperamos.

ECOS DEL MORGANA EN CHICAGO

Guadalajara cafe has a Chicago connection

Submitted by Visitor on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 20:58.

By Amanda Nielsen

To read more about Amanda's experiences in Travel Writing Mexico see her blog at http://amandanielsen.vox.com/

In a small Guadalajara café, each day begins with a rendition of "Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen)," a song based on a column by a Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich.

One of the owners of the café, Myriam Vidriales, had a fellowship at the Tribune for four months in 1999, and, through a series of coincidences, later discovered the column interpreted in song by Baz Luhrmann.

While people all over the world identified with the column as it mistakenly spread across the Internet as a commencement speech given by Kurt Vonnegut, it has become especially significant to Vidriales and her husband, Eduardo Castaneda, both former journalists.

They translated the column into Spanish and turned these words into artwork on a wall in their recently opened Café Morgana. The words are painted in hand-drawn black script and fill an entire transparent wall in the back of the café. A handful of words are larger and yellow to draw more emphasis: "canta", "mucho calcio", and "respeta a tus mayores," or "sing", "get lots of calcium," and "respect your elders." Some letters and words are thicker and darker than others and their shapes create a tree with long branches that stretch and blend with the other words.

"It's a very long story," said Vidriales, who sports dark, shoulder-length hair, a flowing skirt, and an energetic face. She was on a trip with a friend when she heard the song by Baz Luhrmann on the radio. She felt like she could connect with the message, so she looked it up on the Internet and discovered that it was written by Mary Schmich. She couldn't believe it -- the author was a former colleague who had sat near her at the Chicago Tribune.

When she and her husband were creating the café, they decided they wanted to write something on one of the walls. They thought about poems and lyrics, but one day, a friend from China emailed her the lyrics of this song and she realized that this was what had to go on the wall. "It's a story of many interesting coincidences," she said.

Vidriales, 34, and her husband, Castaneda, 36, created a welcoming, artistic and down-to-earth atmosphere at Café Morgana, which opened on April 16, 2007. The had considered the idea for almost 10 years.

"A mi me gusta café," Castaneda said explaining his taste for coffee. They often like to invite friends over to their house for coffee, so they thought it would be neat to open a café.

Viviana Vazquez, 30, sat outside the café with her friend Gillian Lomeli, 26, sipping a beer and eating chips sprinkled with Tabasco sauce. She said this was the third time she had visited the cafe since it opened three months ago. "My favorite thing about the café is the design and the decoration," she said.

This eclectic and artsy café is like a Mexican version of Starbucks, but much more original and unique. Little touches of flair have been added by the owners and appear everywhere such as the mirror in the women's bathroom that says, "Eres hermosa," or "You are beautiful," and the crystal and mirror sun-catchers hanging in random corners.

Comfortable indoor and outdoor seating, the warm red, green and golden-yellow paint, relaxing music of Coldplay, soft jazz and world music, and an influence of nature such as silhouettes of tree branches painted on the walls and leaf-print armchairs, create a Zen-like atmosphere that permeates the café.

Vidriales and Castaneda hired a friend to create designs for the café based on the colors and ideas they envisioned. According to Castaneda, they gathered inspiration from movies and European cafes and finally created the combination art nouveau/art deco café it now is.

The menu sports a wide range of items, from different types of paninis and quiches,to chocolate truffles and cakes, and a wide selection of tea, coffee or chai lattes.

Castaneda said that the number of customers varies a lot, but on a "good" day they have about 50 people come into the café and joked that "on a bad day, two." Many customers are "regulars" who come in about three times a week. They try to encourage regular customers by offering a punch-card for a "coffee on the house" after the purchase of 10 coffees.

Castaneda, resembling a movie-director donning shaggy dark hair and glasses, mainly works at the café. He said his two favorite things about working there are making people feel good with his coffee, sandwiches, and food, and talking to and meeting new people.

Vidriales works at the café when she can, but is now the press manager of the Feria del Libro, the largest Spanish-language book fair, that takes place annually in Guadalajara from November 24-December 2.

Like her husband, she enjoys working at the café because of the interaction with people, and says that it is very similar in some was as being a reporter. "It's something that also connects you to the people," she said.

At the end of each day, Castaneda steps behind the red-beaded curtain into the kitchen and presses a button. As the waitress sweeps up and Castaneda puts things back where they belong, the "Sunscreen" song plays in the background.

"If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it...Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself..."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi970601sunscreen,0,4664776.column?page=1

Café Morgana is located on Pedro Moreno 1290 (just a few blocks from the main Avenida Chapultepec). They are open Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m., and Saturday from 5:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. You can visit them on the web at: http://cafemorgana.blogspot.com.

Sábados en el Morgana

A solicitud de muchos de nuestros clientes que han encontrado en el Morgana un lugar donde pasarla bien, a partir de este sábado 14 de julio abriremos también los sábados. El horario será de 17:00 a 23:00 horas, con la idea de que vengan a disfrutar la tarde y preparen la noche con una buena cerveza, papitas Balbuena con salsa Valentina, o si lo prefieren con un excelente café o té, acompañado de nuestra repostería fina.
Aquí los esperamos.

CERVEZA Y NUEVAS GARDENIAS

Con la novedad de que la próxima semana nos dan la licencia para vender cerveza. Están todos invitados a pasar por el Morgana para tomarse unas bien heladas, además del rico café, los tés y los nuevos pastelillos exquisitos que tenemos.
El lunes pasado estrenamos otra vez gardenias y macetas, después del robo de hace quince días. Quedaron muy bien y están súper contentas; ya están floreando.

ROBO DE GARDENIAS

Con la novedad de que al llegar a abrir el café hoy lunes se habían robado nuestras hermosas gardenias. Ofelia, la conserje, dice que las vio todavía a la medianoche, por lo que seguramente la "levantada" fue en la madrugada. ¡Estaban pegadas al piso con cemento!
Las macetas junto con las plantas pesaban unos 30 kilos cada una. Lástima por los imbéciles que se las robaron, porque se les van a secar, se les van a secar...
Por lo demás, el Morgana sigue creciendo en clientela, lo cual nos da mucho gusto. Siempre es un placer atenderlos y saber que les gusta el espacio y lo que servimos. Sigan corriendo la voz.
Gracias. Por acá nos vemos.
Aquí les dejo una foto donde aparecen por casualidad las gardenias de marras. Pronto las repondremos.