He closure of historic neighborhood bars awakens waves of nostalgia in Barcelona, and also criticism of the course of the city. This week adds to the trickle of blinds that lower the Montsant Farmon the corner of the street Urgell with Consell de Cent. He says goodbye to several generations of clients this Friday, before seeing the total pacification of Consell de Cent complete with the controversial municipal ‘Superilla’.
It does not close for lack of customers, but for the exhaustion of the owner and the recent death of her mother, who had been “the soul of the place.” “This July we would be 41 years old,” she lamented the current owner, Rosa María Puig, by thanking on Twitter for the words of affection received after the news was released. The journalist Marc Piqué (Unique Barcelona), blogger and contributor to this newspaper. In a viral tweet this Thursday, Piqué praised the “excellent bikinis” that this bar serves and details that the tip of the closure has come from another tweeter neighbor.
The business was opened by Puig’s father in the eighties, when he transformed the dairy inherited from his grandparents into a cafeteria. A vestige of an Eixample with cow stables that provided fresh milk to the residents, a daily sight a century ago and unthinkable today. “It is customers and neighbors like you for whom our hearts break,” added the owner, referring to the neighbor who has given the alert to Piqué.
My father will fly to the cafeteria farm, with which that July will be 41 years old, but I have to remark with Majúscules that the soul of the place will be the best mother. Agraïr al altadillj les tevas paraules, they are the clients and I see with you for the one that the heart se’ns trenca, a pleasure
— Rosa PuPa (@RosaPuPa252047) May 17, 2023
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The comments have not been long in coming. “I worked in that corner for 10 years, and there are countless bikinis and loin with cheese that I have eaten. How serious,” says a user. “Oooooh, the one with snacks and birthday parties we used to have there after school!” replies another. A third complains because he will have to change coffee: “For the last 7 years I have had two coffees every morning, the best coffee in the neighborhood. We will miss them.”
Sadness is not the only reaction. There is also a cook who suggests that she might be interested in transferring the premises. And several users who place this case as an example of a negative drift in the city: “The neighborhood is running out of normal bars” or “Among other reasons, that is why we have not left Barcelona” are some of the critical comments. “On Instagram, the Superilla will look great, but the soul of the neighborhood is losing itself… That it does not become a Vivari,” another adds.