After 84 years in business, Restaurant Amaya is one of the last historic venues surviving on La Rambla. Founded in 1941, it’s passed through three generations of the same family to sisters Mireia and Alba Torralba. Over recent years they’ve rejected numerous offers to sell, but now admit they’re considering listening to proposals for the first time.
The Rambla renovation works, area degradation and an increasingly precarious tourism model are threatening this long-standing establishment’s survival. Mireia Torralba looks visibly worn down, but remains convinced there’s still room to save not only their restaurant but other historic venues left in the city.
“We don’t want to close, but they’re drowning us,” Torralba says. The restaurant’s long family history now faces a critical situation due to the construction work on La Rambla, the area’s deterioration and a tourism model that threatens its survival after more than eight decades of service.
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