Barcelona City Council has again dismantled an unlicensed terrace used by restaurant Avinyó 10 in Carrer de la Trinitat, a narrow passage in the Gothic Quarter. More than 20 tables and 80 chairs were removed at the end of June, restoring the passage for pedestrians.
The restaurant had installed the furniture without a terrace licence, according to reporting by La Vanguardia and elDiario.es. The council opened a sanction procedure before municipal workers removed the tables and chairs with a lorry.
The terrace was in Ciutat Vella, Barcelona's Old City district, where the narrowness of Carrer de la Trinitat meant the tables obstructed pedestrian access. The restaurant had maintained that the passage was private, but the council had told it that the space could not be used for the terrace.
The terrace had previously been removed in 2022
This is not the first intervention at the site. The council removed the same terrace in 2022 after complaints from local residents, who said the business was taking over public space.
“They have privatised the street,” residents said when the terrace reappeared, according to elDiario.es.
Before the latest removal, the district of Ciutat Vella had carried out an inspection, confirmed that the establishment had no licence for the terrace and opened the sanction procedure. The reports do not state the outcome of that procedure or any penalty imposed on the restaurant.
Primary sources: Ramon. Reported by Source Text Link, Pau Rodríguez, Luis Benvenuty, Joan Mateu Parra, larazon.es, Raquel Navarro, La Vanguardia Barcelona.
