Barcelona is full of establishments that were once places full of life and cultural references of the city, but that over the years have been forgotten. one of them was the astoria cinemalocated at number 193 Paris Street, and which will now reopen with a completely renewed image. Under the concept “The glamor is back, the good is back,” the Deleito hamburger chain will inaugurate the Deleito Burger Cluba project that fuses cinema and avant-garde gastronomy that will turn the Astoria cinema into a restaurant. The space will offer an after-dinner service – on Wednesday and Thursday nights, from 8pm to 2.30am and on Friday and Saturday, from 8pm to 3am – with its emblematic signature burgers.
As for the gastronomic offer, it will be “a gourmet proposal created exclusively for this space, where each creation seeks to surprise and offer a unique gastronomic experience,” says the former MasterChef contestant and founder of Deleito, Alberto Gras. The letter includes a selection of 12 starterswhich include dishes such as Empordà wagyu croquettes, aged Galician blonde carpaccio and mushroom ceviche. To continue, diners will be able to choose between eight different gourmet burgersall of them made with local products and served on the bun bread that characterizes them. Some of the most notable are “The smoked mature”, with a presentation surrounded by smoke, and the “Foie-gras”, with a scallop of fresh foie-gras with beef, conté cheese and a pickled carrot mayonnaise. If you have a sweet tooth, there is also dessert options such as Idiazabal cheesecake and dark chocolate coulant.
Photo: Deleito
Photo: Deleito
“The opening of the Astoria cinema is a key step forward in our expansion strategy. This new establishment reinforces our presence in Catalonia and marks the beginning of a process of sustained growth, with the expectation of opening three more stores before the end of the year,” says the co-founder and director of operations of Deleito, Gerard Moreno. Although the objective is to continue expansion, at the moment the brand has five stores in Catalonia: two in Barcelona, on Calle Sagués, 16, and on Calle París, 193; one in Hospitalet de Llobregat, on Vilanova Avenue, 116; one in Llafranc, on Francesc de Blanes street, 10, and another in Sant Cugat, on Francesc Macià walk, 16.
An almost centenary cinema
Beyond the gastronomic offering of the new location, the space has a lot of history behind it. The new restaurant will be located inside the Astoria cinema, which was opened in 1934 by film entrepreneur Modest Castañé Lloret. Over the years, Astoria became one of the reference cinemas in Barcelona and a meeting point for culture lovers thanks to the sound and audiovisual quality of its rooms. However, in 1999 it closed and since then it has not raised its shutters again, until now. Although renovations have been made, the eqDeleito team has assured that They wanted to preserve the essence of the old cinema, which is why they have maintained classic elements such as the stage, the box office and the screens.
