(11 Jun 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Madrid, Spain - 23 May 2025
1. Wide of chef preparing dish in kitchen
2. Wide of chef preparing dishes
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Irene Guiñales, co-manager at Casa Pedro:
++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 1 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 2&4-5++
"Well, because it’s really frustrating when you say yes, that we’ve been around since 1702, but there comes a point when you can’t keep proving it because my grandfather, and in fact, if you look at the restaurant’s logo, it says Casa Pedro since 1702. So we said, damn, let’s try to prove it, maybe we can, and that’s the only goal, to say, well, if my grandfather said it was 1702, there must be a reason. So yes, we are finding things."
4. Mid of wine bottles on display
5. Mid of Casa Pedro restaurant sign
6. Close of Casa Pedro wine bottles
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Irene Guiñales, co-manager at Casa Pedro:
++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 8 AND OVERLAID BY SHOT 9-12+++
"It's true that today, with new technologies, it's becoming much easier for us to find data that proves that, yes, we are older than 1825, which is what we have proven so far. We reached 1825, but it's true that we are finding new things."
8. Irene Guiñales, co-manager at Casa Pedro, answering phone
9. Mid of old photographs on book
10. Various of Guinales pointing to highlighted text in historical document about taverns and inns
11. Mid of wine bottles and signed tiles on wall
12. Wide of tiles signed by celebrities displayed on wall
STORYLINE:
In the heart of Spain’s capital, the famous Sobrino de Botín restaurant proudly holds the title of being the world’s oldest restaurant, having opened its doors in 1725.
But not far away, a small family-run restaurant says that it was founded 23 years before Botín, in 1702.
Casa Pedro’s owners have combed through local archives and hired a historian to prove it, and say they’re getting close to proving they are the oldest.
Irene Guiñales, co-manager of Casa Pedro, said "If you look at the restaurant’s logo, it says Casa Pedro since 1702. So we said, damn, let’s try to prove it."
She said new technologies were making it easier to find the data to prove the restaurant's age.
Both taverns are family-owned. Both offer Castilian classics like stewed tripe and roast suckling pig.
They are decorated with charming Spanish tiles, feature ceilings with exposed wooden beams and underground wine cellars. And both enjoy a rich, star-studded history.
Guiñales and her husband couldn't consult archives from the former town of Fuencarral (now a Madrid neighborhood). Those papers went up in flames during the Spanish Civil War.
Instead, they delved into Spanish national archives, where they found land registries of the area that showed the existence of a tavern, wine cellar and inn in the small town as of 1750.
In their spare time, the couple continues to hunt for records proving that Casa Pedro indeed dates back to 1702, as is proclaimed on its walls, ta... [truncated]
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