word
Ostatua
The boarding house. Every old room in this directory was one first.
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- Root
- ostatu — inn, lodging (Euskara)tradition
Note
A bed, a meal, a place to leave your money and your mail, and someone who spoke Euskara. The restaurant is the part that survived.
Pictures
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Pyrenees Caféroomwas one, by the Bakersfield tracks← the word for what this building was firstCentro Bascoroomopened as one in 1940← what the building was in 1940
Noriega Hotelroomwas one until 2020← what this was before it was a restaurant
The long tablestorywhy the tables are long← the institution the table is left over from
The set dinnerdish← the institution the sequence came out ofThe Boarder's Tableevent← what it is a re-enactment of, monthly
Basque Museum & Cultural Centerorganization← the word for what this building was
Artzainword← where he stayed between contracts
Baserriword← what met him at the other end
Etxeword← the house that took boarders
Noriega Hotelroomwas one until 2020← what this was before it was a restaurantThe long tablestorywhy the tables are long← the institution the table is left over fromThe set dinnerdish← the institution the sequence came out ofThe Boarder's Tableevent← what it is a re-enactment of, monthlyBasque Museum & Cultural Centerorganization← the word for what this building wasArtzainword← where he stayed between contractsBaserriword← what met him at the other endEtxeword← the house that took boardersSources
- Indulging in American Basque Cuisine — Smithsonian Magazine, magazine · read 2026-09-16
- Centro Basco — the restaurant, the house's own site · read 2026-09-16
Record provenance: tradition · confidence medium · updated 2026-09-16