This is the Italian restaurant with which Rafa Nadal triumphs in Madrid

the sunset of Rafael Nadal in the tennis Olympus is a recurring theme. Not surprisingly, she resents being asked about her withdrawal, but her body and his ambition have gone their separate ways. The attacks of his physique follow one another. He left the Australian Open touched, with a new injury, which destroyed him mentally and forced him to adjust his schedule. The best tennis player in history has already signed his feat with 22 Grand Slams. At 36, he has just made his debut as a father with his wife Mary Perello, and their off-track businesses are growing by the day.

Rafa Nadal founded, along with Abel Matutes and Manuel Campos, the investment company Mabel Capital, whose subsidiary Mabel Hospitality has reinforced its commitment to gastronomy in Spain. The tennis player triumphs in Madrid together with partners like Cristiano Ronaldo, Pau Gasol or Rudy Fernández with the Italian restaurant that everyone is talking about and that next March celebrates its first anniversary.

At number 38 Paseo de la Castellana, Totó brings together many well-known faces and its doors have become a scene with a lot of traffic for the paparazzi. Inigo Onieva, Tamara Falcó’s fiancé, is the restaurant’s head of hospitality. “He is in charge of the music, the DJs, the entertainment program and that the clients have a good time in addition to enjoying the gastronomic offer,” they declare to El Debate from the restaurant’s marketing team. A few meters away is the Tatel restaurant, also owned by Mabel Hospitality.

With the prestigious Italian chef Emiliano Celli In the lead, coming from the Taverna Trilussa in Rome, Totó’s recipes are characterized by respect for the product with a careful selection of raw materials. It is essential to try the chestnut, guanciale and mushroom ravioli or their fresh ricotta and Parmigiano gnocchi with truffled butter. The pizzas are prepared in the Neapolitan style or pinsas, Roman style. Stand out the mythical calzone, stuffed with ricotta cheese, mozzarella and mortadella with a touch of honey or the pinsa de pomodoro and fior di latte.

In the sweet section there is no shortage of names so characteristic of Italian confectionery such as tiramisu, panacotta or cannolis. A kitchen of memories full of aromas, flavors and colors that transport you to classic Italy, to the family kitchen of a lifetime.

It also has an interesting wine list with national and international references where the offer of Italian wines stands out, one of the most complete in the country.

Where does the name of the restaurant come from? Inspired by the golden age of Italian cinema of the 50s and 60sthey wanted to honor the protagonist of the film Paradise cinema, which represents the purest love for the seventh art during the postwar period, one of the few escape routes for a society shaken by war conflicts. On the walls, there are delicious photographs such as Sean Connery eating spaghetti in Rome or an impromptu picnic on mats rocked by the waters of Capri.

After dinner, no one goes home and starts The Nights of Toto, enlivened with Italian artists and famous DJs for reigning in the nights of Tatel Ibiza. Few remain seated in her chair.

This month, to celebrate the famous Venetian carnival that the Doge established in the 12th century, the restaurant will be transformed into an unrecognizable period setting with fantastic decoration inspired by the Baroque era. From February 9 to 19, masks will be distributed to diners to celebrate the tradition of protecting the identity of those who wear them in order to act with greater freedom and daring.