La Pau restaurant in Ciutat Vella, Catalan cuisine is the specialty. But the most outstanding thing, besides its exquisite menu, are the young people who give life to this wonderful local and authentic gastronomic option.
The opening of the site was financed by the company Enjoy Barcelona, in a clear sign of collaboration between social entities and the private sector.
Thanks to this opportunity, fourteen young people who had been excluded from the traditional education system found their first job. The restaurant opened this summer and the locals of Ciutat Vella, particularly those on the lower part of La Rambla, are amazed.
The culinary proposal of La Pau restaurant
It is based on typical dishes of high quality Catalan cuisine, which raises the level of the gastronomic proposal of the area.
The uniqueness of this place is that it seeks for its diners to enjoy excellent food and service. But above all, to offer young people excluded from the educational and social system a job opportunity.
The restaurant is part of the social and educational work that has been promoted for more than 18 years by the El Llindar Foundation based in the Parc de Can Mercader in Cornellà.
It is not a school restaurant, it is a first real job opportunity for young people of different nationalities who had been isolated by the system. Now, thanks to El Llindar, they have managed to train as cooks and are working full time.
The working group
Fourteen cooks and waiters work at La Pau. They are not students, but employees committed to your brand. In fact, they signed an employment contract with El Llindar Fem Feina, an insertion company dependent on the foundation.
Begonya Gasch, founder and CEO of El Llindar, said she was very excited to be able to present this promising project to society, which offers these young people quality employment and a better quality of life.
He believes that “in order to transform the world, it is necessary to bet on comprehensive and quality training and to move away completely from precarious jobs”.
The entity seeks “that every teenager who has not fit into the traditional educational system has the real possibility of dreaming and thinking that they have a place in this world”.
La Pau is a cozy space that can accommodate 55 diners. It is decorated with paintings by the Mallorcan artist Pilar Correa and as part of the atmosphere, there is a large bar decorated with phrases written by the students of El Llindar as a manifestation of their feelings.
Cacti are also part of the decoration and are used to represent the girls and boys who will always work in the store.
