Cesar Balsa

Cesar Balsa (1923–2007) was a Spanish-born hotelier and restaurateur who worked in the hotel and restaurant industry in Mexico in the 1950s and 1960s.

[clarification needed] He was the only child of Elisa Carralero and Antonio Balsa, a Spanish barber.

[3] Among them, the first air-conditioned luxury hotel in Acapulco[2] and Cozumel, as well as several popular restaurants and night clubs such as Can-Can and Focolare,[3] in Zona Rosa.

[4] When he took over the Hotel De Prado, the dining room had a 1946–1947 mural, Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central (Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Central), by Diego Rivera.

[7] Together with ARA Inc., Balsa handled the catering for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, serving 10,000 athletes and 30,000 meals a day.