From the archive · Gourmet · 28 March 2011

Gourmet: BEEFSHOP restaurant Inauguación

At its debut, was attended by the elite of Barcelona atmosphere and familiar faces from the world of politics, sports and fashion.

The new restaurant opens its doors Beefshop original presenting a tribute dedicated to cooking of beef, both raw and grilled. With him, it’s sushi for carnivores and a fashionable place where one discovers the reinvention of the rolls of rice with meat.

The thinking minds of this innovative project, the businessman Eduard Solé and Marc Gascons, chef with a Michelin Star, are the same as those of his brother Fishop. Both rooms are a mix irresistible in Barcelona and Rosa Boulevard daily fill two contrasting spaces: a white dress like a modern fish market in Paseo de Gracia, And other like light and dark secret personality decorated with stained red.

For steak lovers have their corner in this city, the new Beefshop offers a menu dedicated to Iberian ham, sausages from Vic to select and a gallery of exquisite grills of coal, including some surprising and innovative sushi tartars carnivore.

His staging is exceptional. The opening night guests have tasted the dishes star Beefshop letter and have wasted Moet Chandon between red lights, aged dark leather furniture, stools upholstered with cowhide chairs and walls covered with colorful Mediterranean-inspired mosaics.

At tonight’s inaugural event was attended Rakosnik Helena, First Lady and wife of the President of the Generalitat de Catalunya Artur Mas, Who has come to Beefshop with his son named Arthur, and Xavier Trias, political, Convergence and Union party. There have been many figures in the sports world who have attended today’s celebration. We talk about the former player Albert Costa, Conde Godo tournament director and current captain of the Spanish team for the Davis Cup, who was brought with his wife Cristina Ventura. Also, Emilio Sanchez Vicario, who was the greatest exponent of Spanish tennis in the 80’s and Alberto Berasategui, who at times reached the seventh position in the world rankings.

Engine of the world have attended and promising young Aleix Pol Espargaro, Moto GP riders and 125 cc respectively. Also, Luis Moya, faithful couple profession rally driver Carlos Sainz.The ball field that could not fail to call, so the Beefshop have been members of the football scene as the former players of FC Barcelona Albert Jorquera, Alexanko, Edmilson and Scotland Steve Archibald.

At the Barcelona local fashion names could not miss the Spanish fashion. Have stood out for its elegance Purification Garcia, accompanied by her daughters Sole and Maria Alvarez, and his style always trendy designers Ailanto, Iñaqui and Aitor Muñoz.

The opening of unparalleled Beefshop also attended by the internationally renowned photographer Jaume de Laiguana. Other familiar faces have been Rosa Tous, Director of Institutional Relations of the jewelry firm Tous, Ferran Soriano, who was vice president of FCB economicand now holds the position of Chairman of Spanair, l a painter Claudia Vives Fierro, the current FCB spokesman Toni Freixa and doctors duo composed by Ramon Vila-Rovira, plastic surgeon, and Montse Folch, nutritionist.