Thursday, July 03, 2008

Buenos Aires Cafe Premiers Saturday, July 5th, Features Fairtrade Coffee to Help Save Rain Forests

The Palacios family, well known on Bonaire for Patagonia Argentinean Restaurant, is opening a new eatery in the Harbourside Shopping Mall, located directly on the oceanside promenade of Kralendijk Bay, called the Buenos Aires Cafe.

The new cafe will open on Saturday, July 5th and be open seven days a week serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Palacios family’s goal is to provide good food quickly (but not fast food) in an affordable manner, and with a friendly smile, so that visitors or island residents can hop in and enjoy a tasty, nutritious meal while on the run.

Also, the new cafe, as well as Patagonia Restaurant, is now featuring Fairtrade Coffee.  For those not familiar with fair trade practices, more information can be found by clicking here.  In short, it’s a market-based approach to alleviating global poverty and promoting sustainability. It advocates the payment of a fair price as well as social and environmental standards in areas related to the production of a wide variety of goods, including coffee.

Both restaurants will be procuring their coffee from Puro, which donates money to buy and protect areas of rain forest in South America for each kilogram of coffee espresso beans they sell.  So far, the organization has saved 355 acres of rain forests.

Those interested in trying the new cafe may download a coupon good for 10% off any breakfast item at Buenos Aires Cafe by visiting ParadiseRebates.com.  (Source:  Buenos Aires Cafe)