The Sant Pau restaurant by Carme Ruscalleda in Tokyo (Japan) will shut its doorways on September 2 after 19 years in operation. A goodbye that the institution itself confirmed this Thursday on its Instagram account.
With one Michelin star, after having had two in its earlier location, the restaurant will put an finish to its haute delicacies gastronomic proposal after opening in 2004 and surviving the tsunami that hit the Asian nation in 2011, along with the lengthy closure of borders in in recent times because of the coronavirus.
However, Ruscalleda and Yuji Shimoyama, the proprietor of the department, will keep their relationship and “could also be” that they may shock with new joint challenges sooner or later, as defined by the restaurant in a press release.
Before the deadline, on September 2, 2023, the restaurant can have a particular tasting menu from June 1 to the final day, which can be “a worthy finish” for ‘Sant Pau Tokyo’
In statements to ‘El Periódico’, the seven instances Michelin star acknowledged that the financial causes associated to the switch of the Sant Pau to The Kitano lodge within the Japanese capital is the principle purpose for the closure.
The authentic location was in Nihonbashi, a reproduction of the Sant Pol de Mar (Barcelona) constructing that closed in 2018 after 30 years of historical past and three Michelin stars. However, in 2022, his son Raül Balam opened a casual restaurant on this area, sustaining the essence of the legendary Sant Pau.
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