At that time, important carts and stagecoaches departed from Buenos Aires for Fort Independencia (later called Tandil), bringing food and manufactured products, as well as people. On the way back they carried ostrich feathers and cow hides to be exported.
Ramón made this trip two or three times a year, since the journey took three to four months. Working hard for years he manages to acquire a cart, and intelligently at the end of his life he had nineteen of them. These vehicles were very difficult to move, since there were no roads, only the tracks of other carts, and to this was added the danger of the Indians, diseases, and the Salado River that sometimes overflowed and had to be crossed, with what that many muleteers suffered in the attempt.
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Santamarina did it and many times, in fact, he was a person who changed his economic situation becoming an important landowner. With these trips they were recovering land, with which the Government rewarded him by giving him part of it.
This is a small part of the history of Ramón Santamarina, strongly linked to this ranch. Ramón, on these trips, needed to rest and take shelter, which is why he created posts. La Posta del Centro is what we currently know as the Cheese Season, so this building was born in 1860.
The place had three rooms, in addition to the basement where the most fearful muleteers rested. The main room, where the cheese factory operates today, was part of the beverage office. The courtyard, which was fenced so that the hacienda from the different farms would not mix, was used for the horses, since here a stream (El Arroyo Blanco) also overflowed onto San Martín street, today piped. Thus, the people who arrived had a place to rest and entertain themselves in the bar, leaving their carts and horses. It thus became a place of privilege.
In 1920, the Diez family, the current owners, acquired the place, turning it into a general store, one of the main points of purchase at the time. Those were different times, they relied on something that has been lost today, the word. It was bought on credit and the control was carried out through a notebook, which the client had. This general store was called “Almacén del Centro” and was open until 1970. Two elderly women lived there and stayed there for almost fifty years.
After the closure, the Municipality of Tandil declares the ranch as a Historical Monument, since it is the only house in the city that does not have an ochava.
So it was that it remained closed for twenty years (’70 to ’90) and when the owners died, the heirs did not carry out any project on the place.
In the year 1990, looking for a place to market their products, the Inza family found this glorious ranch. Upon entering, the surprise was immense, since the place looked just like the downtown warehouse. Among various relics were cans, bags, vases and even a ham in the cellar. It took almost a year to recycle the site, but with a lot of effort Época de Quesos was born.
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Today, each visitor has the opportunity to tour the facilities, learning about the use of each decoration, passing through a recycled patio, with plants and objects typical of the time. Later enjoy a free tasting.
Época de Quesos is not only a counter, it is also a laid and hospitable table, to savor many delicacies. An ideal place to enjoy cheese boards, cold meats, drinks, wines and friends.
The sale of homemade products includes cheeses (cow, goat and sheep), salamines, salamis, hams, loins, homemade sweets, cookies. There is also a delivery of drinks, snacks, fondue and those foods that Teresita generates.
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The proposal also includes guided tours with tasting; conventions, workshops and social gatherings. Open every day of the year from 9:00 a.m. to dusk (11:00 p.m.).
Where?: San Martin esq. July 14.
Source: Ambito
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