It seems as though nothing has changed at Casa Monta\u00f1a since it was established in 1836.<\/p>\n
Always a favourite rendezvous for politicians, intellectuals and artists, it nowadays enjoys positive recognition in the most exclusive publications of gastronomy, wine and travel.<\/p>\n
It was in 1861 that Casa Monta\u00f1a experienced its first generational shift, when Ramona Monta\u00f1a Romeu, daughter of the founders, inherited the business.<\/p>\n
The first of several renovations to the original adobe house took place in 1880, creating the modernist facade of the building we see nowadays.<\/p>\n
In 1907, The married couple Omedes-Dom\u00e9nech bought Casa Monta\u00f1a for the sum of 10.000 ptas. (60\u20ac in today\u2019s money).<\/p>\n
Mar\u00eda P\u00e9rez, widow of the great-grandson of the founders, headed the business until 1960.<\/p>\n
In that same year the tavern would experience another transfer, this time to Enrique Guerra, who owned it for a mere two years.<\/p>\n
The ownership of the historic tavern would again change hands in September 1962, when it passed to Ren\u00e9 Soriano March and his wife, Juana Mar\u00eda Reus March.<\/p>\n
This couple directed Casa Monta\u00f1a from 1962 until 1991, when the Spanish artist Santiago Polo Garc\u00eda became the new owner.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>