List of Establishments
Caramelos Paco : Sweets shop :C/ Toledo 55. Madrid 28005.
La Violeta : Bonbon shop : C/ Plaza de Canalejas 6. Madrid 28014.
Atilano Domingo : Churros (Fried pastries) shop : C/ Embajadores 76. Madrid 28012.
Deleuze Isasi : Pharmacy : C/ San Bernardo 39. Madrid 28013.
Vallejo : Hair Salon : C/ Santa Isabel 22. Madrid 28012.
Lhardy : Restaurant : Carrera de San Jerónimo 8. Madrid 28014.

CARAMELOS PACO

In 1939, after the end of the Spanish Civil War, Francisco Moreno, founder of Caramelos Paco, decided to make his candies his star product. He himself manufactured them in the backroom, using his imagination to achieve new flavors and shapes.

Today, it maintains the same set up as in 1939, and continues to be a pioneer in the search for new artisan flavors, such as his well-known candies of condensed carajillo (espresso with liqueur).

LA VIOLETA

This establishment was inaugurated in 1915. It is a small, but elegant, shop situated on what was a newly renovated street. On the lower level of one of the sophisticated new buildings, this bonbon shop opened, displaying candies, bonbons and canned fruits in its glass cases.

From its beginning, the preferred candies were the violets, with the shape and color of the flower. La Violeta retains its original wooden façade and tradition is preserved in every detail.

ATILANO DOMINGO

This churro shop (churreria) opened in 1903, as a coffee shop where churros were also made. This is one of those places that in those difficult times where prime materials were scarce, sold second-hand coffee at a low price, made from the coffee dregs of first-class coffee shops like Café Gijon or San Millan. Today the coffee is good quality, but what continues to be excellent are the homemade churros and porras (fried pastries rolled in sugar and cinnamon). And the name could not be more fitting: Atilano is the patron of the guild of Churreros.

DELEUZE ISASI

At first glance upon entering this bicentennial pharmacy, it gives the impression that the only thing that has changed in all this time has been the cash register. In its beginning, the men of science could be found in the backroom mixing their herbs and ointments.

It has a Barroque style decoration that makes it appear more like a palatial room than a shop. The Deleuze family, current owner, bought the pharmacy in 1947 in a very deteriorated state and restored it to its original décor.

VALLEJO

Vallejo was one of the best-known hair salons of the beginning of the century. There were up to 30 scissors and razors in hand at one time in an always-crowded salon. Illustrious customers would go to Vallejo, such as Ramon y Cajal or Gregorio Marañon. It is interesting to note that Basilio Vallejo established a customer's day, in which the customer received a free massage, glass of liqueur and a cigar.

The director of the business today is the son of Basilio Vallejo, who fully maintains its original look, as well as a great number of memories. Its 1914 façade of decorated ceramic has been declared of artistic historical interest.

LHARDY

This is, without a doubt, one of the restaurants of our city with the most history. Lhardy opened in 1839 as a pastry shop with Emile Huguenin as head. A few months later, it expanded its business into a restaurant. It is known that even Isabel II escaped from the palace to come to this history-filled restaurant. In Lhardy, you can sample what is possibly the best gastronomy of the era, but moreover, its courtesan environment and decoration, dignified of a royal residence, made the locale a point of reference for the aristocracy of the era.
Lhardy was the first luxury restaurant of Madrid. The façade was designed by Rafael Guerrero, father of Maria Guerrero, around 1880. It is made with caoba wood imported directly from Cuba. The façade as well as the rest of the establishment has remained intact despite the passage of time. Today it is still typical to sample a cup of caldo (broth) in Lhardy, an old tradition that endures.