Can Fabes, Michelin-starred restaurant in Sant Celoni, Spain.
Can Fabes is a restaurant in Sant Celoni, a small town in the Catalan province of Barcelona, housed in a historic building with stone walls and wooden beams. The dining rooms are spread across several connected spaces, each one keeping the original character of the old structure.
The restaurant opened in 1981 by the Santamaria family and began as a simple local spot serving market workers and neighbors. Over the following decades it grew into one of the most recognized restaurants in Spain, earning three Michelin stars.
The name Can Fabes comes from the Catalan word for beans, pointing to the rural cooking traditions of this part of Catalonia. Ingredients from the nearby Montseny mountains appear regularly on the menu, giving the cooking a clear sense of place.
The restaurant is in the center of Sant Celoni, a town that is easy to reach by train from Barcelona. Tables tend to fill up well in advance, so booking ahead is strongly recommended.
The chef Santi Santamaria was born in the very building where the restaurant later opened, making the connection between the person and the place unusually close. This kind of link between a chef and a specific address is rare even among the most celebrated restaurants.
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