The Barcelona-based family group Somos Esencia will open two new restaurants this year.

The Barcelona-based family group Somos Esencia is stepping on the gas. Dedicated to the restaurant business, it will increase its turnover by almost 18% in 2023 to reach €17 million. In 2024, it expects to reach around €30 million in a year marked by growth. In February, it renovated a city classic, the Bauma tapas bar, located very close to the Casa de les Punxes.

In the coming months, it plans to launch two more new locations. This will be a milestone for a young project founded by one of Tragaluz's former partners, Xavier Mitats. When the Miura fund became the majority shareholder of Tragaluz in 2019, Mitats wanted to set up a new group based on Agua, an existing restaurant that was not included in the operation.

At the beginning of 2020, just before the outbreak of Covid, the second store, Tierra Brava, opened in the Mercat del Ninot, and at the end of that year, despite many restrictions, it was Brisa's turn, in the Palau de Mar. They also have Barraca in Barceloneta. "We are in very well-located places, some restaurants are ours and others we manage, but we are always shareholders," explains Àlex Mitats, a second-generation member of the family. He has just joined the family business as managing director.