Café Batavia
Nineteenth-century colonial house turned 1930s-style restaurant and bar overlooking a historic square.
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This guide to Café Batavia in Jakarta's old town follows the building from home, government office and warehouse to a Frenchman's art gallery, and to nineteen ninety, when an Australian named Graham James bought it while the streets outside were crumbling. You'll hear about the bar named after Winston Churchill, the nineteen-thirties film stars and royalty on the walls, and who has profited from the colonial past here. Best heard by the tall windows facing the square.
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