L'Hortet

L'Hortet was a vegetarian restaurant located at Carrer del Pintor Fortuny 32 in the El Raval neighbourhood of Barcelona, Spain. Opened on 2 January 1990, it was one of the first vegetarian restaurants in the city. The restaurant's philosophy was directly linked to the naturopath, pacifist and freethinker Nicolàs Capo, a pioneer of natural therapies and author of many of the recipes that the family continued to serve. For 25 years the restaurant was led by his daughter, Odina Capo, who cooked her father's recipes with a focus on green, healthy and curative cuisine. Around 2005, Odina handed the business to her daughters, Sonia Capo and Odina Martí, though she remained somewhat involved in order to devote more time to writing books on healthy living through diet and to preparing a biography of her father, founder of the Naturotròfica school of Barcelona. Before the family took over the premises on Carrer Pintor Fortuny, a vegetarian restaurant already operated there, a pioneer of naturism and characteristic of Barcelona's 1980s scene, run by a patient of Professor Capo. The menu at L'Hortet featured mushroom lasagne, vegetarian paella, salads and other dishes prepared according to the associative tradition or food-combining principles. This way of cooking is now fashionable but was less well known at the time. The story of Capo and his theories related to vegetarian gastronomy formed part of the exhibition 'Menús de guerra. Cuina d'avantguarda i supervivència', open at the Museu d'Història de Catalunya during 2014. On 23 February 2025, after thirty-five years of uninterrupted service and a large farewell party, L'Hortet closed its doors. The owners of the restaurant 'Pötstot' acquired the lease with the intention of giving continuity to this traditional restaurant business.

L'Hortet opened on 2 January 1990 at Carrer del Pintor Fortuny 32 in the El Raval neighbourhood of Barcelona, becoming one of the city's first vegetarian restaurants. Its philosophy was directly tied to Nicolàs Capo, a naturopath, pacifist and freethinker who pioneered natural therapies and authored many of the recipes the family continued to serve. For 25 years the restaurant was led by his daughter, Odina Capo, who cooked her father's recipes with a focus on green, healthy and curative cuisine. Around 2005, Odina handed the business to her daughters, Sonia Capo and Odina Martí, though she remained somewhat involved in order to devote more time to writing books on healthy living through diet and to preparing a biography of her father, founder of the Naturotròfica school of Barcelona. Before the family took over the premises, a vegetarian restaurant already operated at the same location, a pioneer of naturism and characteristic of Barcelona's 1980s scene, run by a patient of Professor Capo. The menu featured mushroom lasagne, vegetarian paella, salads and other dishes prepared according to the associative tradition or food-combining principles. This way of cooking is now fashionable but was less well known at the time. The story of Capo and his theories related to vegetarian gastronomy formed part of the exhibition 'Menús de guerra. Cuina d'avantguarda i supervivència', open at the Museu d'Història de Catalunya during 2014. On 23 February 2025, after thirty-five years of uninterrupted service and a large farewell party, L'Hortet closed its doors. The owners of the restaurant 'Pötstot' acquired the lease with the intention of giving continuity to this traditional restaurant business.

• L'Hortet opens at Carrer del Pintor Fortuny 32, becoming one of Barcelona's first vegetarian restaurants.

• Odina Capo hands the business to her daughters, Sonia Capo and Odina Martí.

• The story of Nicolàs Capo and his vegetarian gastronomy theories is featured in the exhibition 'Menús de guerra' at the Museu d'Història de Catalunya.

• L'Hortet closes after 35 years; the owners of Pötstot acquire the lease to continue the traditional restaurant business.

Pioneering vegetarian restaurant in Barcelona, rooted in naturopathic and natural-food traditions.

• Mushroom lasagne

• Vegetarian paella

• Salads

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2. 2L'Hortet - Viquipèdiaca.wikipedia.org
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