la Boheme cafe digbeth ?

[John Deeley]

Does anyone remember this cafe / bar somewhere down by the fire station in the 1960's better still does anyone have a photo i wonder ?

 

[mikejee]

If you put La Boheme in the search box, a number of references to it come up

 

[john knight]

Remember it well, Aston Street, opened and owned by Andre Drucker we did the sign, also his 2nd cafe in Carrs Lane called the Firebird.

 

[Astoness]

i wonder if the druckers cafes we have today are the same family

lyn

 

[mikejee]

Except,Lyn, I don't think we do have them now, as they were taken over by Patisserie Valerie, and , as I understand it, all were closed when that firm had its recent problems. Please , anyone correct me if I am wrong

 

[John Deeley]

I found one, the only one which will go in my book, also a pic of the folies barmaid by Manet, that was behind the bar in there and a pic of Andre Drucker himself in the Bar in La Boheme. You can just see the folies barmaid behind him, so i am well pleased and now you can see it too......cheers John.......ooops sorry the folies barmaid pic is too large.

 

[john knight]

i wonder if the druckers cafes we have today are the same family

lyn

Lyn, the one in the Great Western Arcade is still called Drucker's.

 

[Astoness]

thanks john i thought i had seen one about

lyn

 

[Vivienne14]

There was also a Drucker’s ‘Boheme’ on Aston Street in the 1950s. This one was described as a “continental coffee bar”

Viv

 

[Richard Dye]

There was also a Drucker’s ‘Boheme’ on Aston Street in the 1950s. This one was described as a “continental coffee bar”

Viv

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Went 5he a few times, as I recall they always stayed open past midnight at least on a Saturday evening!

 

[Lady Penelope]

Drucker's on the corner of the Great Western Arcade has now disappeared and has been replaced by something so trendy that when I passed it on Wednesday I couldn't work out what they were serving!