{"id":9709,"date":"2018-11-27T17:40:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T16:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.restaurantestevet.com\/?page_id=9709"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:06:29","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.restaurantestevet.com\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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History<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Restaurant Ca L'Estevet<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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136 years in the heart of Barcelona<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

This property was present and witnessed Barcelona\u2019s move from the late nineteenth century.<\/p>\n

Originally known as \u201cFonda Navarro\u201d, first as a pure warehouse, then as an eating house. In 1940 the site changed hands and was called Ca L\u2019estevet, however, it was also known as \u201cLa Mariona\u201d, the owner\u2019s daughter who attended the vatried clientele with memorable savvy and grace.<\/p>\n

Ca L\u2019Estevet is a part of the rich history of the city as a rallying point of the certain nuclei of Barcelona\u2019s society, which had its great moment from the formation and development of the ineffable \u201cgauche divine\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\"The table at the back\"<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

La taula del fons del restaurant, aut\u00e8ntic \"privat\" que solia prendre's a l'assalt o baix consigna, va ser llen\u00e7at a la fama per Alberto Oliveras, Catal\u00e0 Roca, Marc Aleu i altres noct\u00e0mbuls significats de llavors.<\/p>\n

The table at the back of the restaurant, authentic \u201cprivate\u201d which used to be taken by assault or under reservation was launched to fame by Alberto Oliveras, Catal\u00e0 Roca, Marc Aleu and others.<\/p>\n

By day the soul of it was Xavier Corber\u00f3, mainstay of the social and artistic community that had the table at the back of Ca L\u2019Estevet. The table, as there have been trends and times, has been occupied by the troupe of \u201cLa Chunga\u201d, Analia Gad\u00e9 or Vicente Parra and even the people who came to watch the boxing matches in the now defunct \u201cPrice\u201d. Alberto Puig Palau, Gades, Serrat, Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Serrador and many others discussed projects whilst sitting at the table.<\/p>\n

The reports of La Vanguardia filled its capacity at noon, and today there are two cultural center of reference, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) and the \u201cCentre de Cultura Contempor\u00e0nea de Barcelona\u201d (CCCB), as well as neighboring universities, while at night it still remains one of the most traditional meeting places.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The \"Raval\" of Barcelona<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Before the 14th century, the Raval district was just an open field with cultivated land that covered the city of Barcelona. In Roman Barcelona, \u200b\u200bthere were local roads that outlined the outline that the neighborhood had later.<\/p>\n

The monastery of Sant Pau del Camp was the first important nucleus of the Raval, before the 10th century, around which there was a small medieval village linked to the monastery. The growth of Barcelona shaped the Raval in the space that takes the form of a diamond between the second belt of walls (James I in 1268, the Rambla) and the third and last belt (Pere el Cerimoni\u00f3s, 1348, the rounds and Avinguda del Paral\u00b7lel).<\/p>\n

The Raval was located on the side of the main roads: the Portal dels Tallers, through which farmers entered goods to supply Barcelona; the Portal de Sant Antoni, the most important access in the city, and the Porta de Santa Madrona, next to the Drassanes, the only one that remains standing.<\/p>\n

The city of Barcelona was drowned by the walls of James I and Peter the Ceremonious decided to make the third walled belt. It was necessary to ensure the expectations of urban growth. There was a general tendency in many cities of the time, to encircle within the walls the expanse of land sufficient to provide for the subsistence of the inhabitants in times of wars and sieges. Another reason was to locate the most annoying or unrecommended establishments, services and activities outside the city center. But all expectations of the city's growth were dashed. In the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, due to economic difficulties (maritime trade shifted to the Atlantic), political (Barcelona was ruined by the war against John II) and social (demographic decline due to plagues and epidemics) paralyzed the growth of the Raval, which remained as an area of \u200b\u200bactivity mainly agricultural.<\/p>\n

Between the 15th century and the confiscation of Mendiz\u00e1bal in 1837, the Raval became a \"land of convents\". The large amount of building land gave rise to the installation of religious orders in the framework of the Counter-Reformation promoted by the Council of Trent (1543-1563).<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the 18th century, industries began to be set up in the middle of orchards, convents and guild houses. The ban on the import of printed fabrics in 1718 favored the emergence of manufacturing. Between 1770 and 1840 the definitive industrialization of the Raval district took place. From the second half of the 1700s new streets began to appear with factories and houses for workers. The guild houses disappeared or were subdivided into many rented houses to accommodate the many peasants fleeing the famine in the countryside (agricultural crisis of 1765-1766). Factory workers stayed to live in the Raval, close to work. This neighborhood became the densest in Europe and was used to the last square meter buildable. Between 1783 and 1785, the Erasmus G\u00f2nima industry was set up and the largest textile, yarn and print factory of its time was built.<\/p>\n

The working hours of the workers were twelve hours (from five in the morning until eight in the evening). In 1829, according to the Manufacturers' Register, there were 74 textile manufacturers, 2,443 looms and 657 spinning machines in the Raval. The Bonaplata factory stood out, located in Carrer dels Tallers. It had between 600 and 700 workers and was the first steam-powered. The culmination of this whole process was the installation known as the factory house, where the factory facilities, the institutional representation and the residence of the manufacturer coincided. This is the case of Industrial Spain in 1839 in Carrer de la Riereta. The Raval was the only place within the walls where large buildings could be built, as it was unattractive to do so outside due to political instability (Carlism and banditry). In addition, it was close to the natural exit of Barcelona as a port city.<\/p>\n

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