Last updated: 13 September 2019
BODEGAS JÍMINEZ
Closed due to retirement. Future of establishment unknown.
Calle Donoso Cortés, 66
FARO VALLECANO
Closed and converted into a two-story nightclub with blacked-out windows. Why, and what happened to the owner is unknown.
Calle Martínez de la Riva, 13
BOTON DE ORO
Closed and sold due to unsustainable running costs and lack of footfall. New owner’s intentions for the centenarian haberdashery are unknown.
More info here.
Calle de Juan de Austria, 33, Chamberí
EL DIAMANTE
Closed due to owner’s ill health. Currently under development – pending establishment unknown.
Calle de las Maldonadas, 5, La Latina
Now (January 2020):
TABERNA DE ATOCHA
Closed and renovated into a fast-food wok restaurant. Possibly the same owner.
Calle de Atocha, 76, Lavapiés
BAR LOZANO
Closed due to low footfall and retirement of the owner. Now a hipster café called L’orangerie.
Calle Calle de San Joaquín, 14, Malasaña
EL PALENTINO
Closed partly due to the death of the original 78-year-old owner and barman, and then sold by co-owner/daughter in law. Interior has been demolished. A new restaurant franchise has opened in its place under the same name.
Calle del Pez, 8, Malasaña
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