[Tango-L] Legendary Milonga Niño Bien closes

[Shahrukh Merchant]

The almost-mythical milonga Niño Bien closed it doors last week. It used 
to be one of my favourites, owing to the mix of people it attracted, the 
courtesy of Luis Calvo, the organizer, and the rest of his staff (and 
one of very few milongas that actually served real and good food).

However, I have to admit that I've been going there infrequently myself 
in the last several months, largely because of the lack of attendance of 
a critical mass of dancers, so I guess the writing's been on the wall 
for some time.

I can't really speculate on the reason why--the reasons speculatively 
stated in the article below are no doubt contributing factors but I 
think the real reasons are rather more complex, since there are other 
milongas that are thriving, and even new ones opening up.

You can read the article (in Spanish) here:

http://blogs.lanacion.com.ar/maldito-tango/sin-categoria/cierra-nino-bien-el-fin-de-epoca-dorada/

Shahrukh