The image of

Madrid

has not stopped changing since the

Covid

broke into our lives.

And number seven on Arenal Street is the last known corner that will change its photo forever, fixed for 50 years, because of the pandemic.

Ferpal

, the mythical cafeteria with the best sandwiches in the city, brings the

final closure

.

At the beginning of this week, this traditional trade, also famous for the sale of sausages and

delicatessen

, announced on its social networks that it was saying goodbye at the same time as in its window, about the

dozens of hams and cheeses

that so many times attracted the eye and the objective of the tourists, hung the

liquidation

poster

.

The memories of childhood, of snacks at the bar and shopping for delicacies that could not be found anywhere else in the capital do not cease these days among those to whom Ferpal has left a mark.

Nor are the regrets about losing a piece of Madrid's history and their own stories:

"I can't believe it," "it's devastating," "what an immense sadness

.

"

There are those who, resisting what seems to be a consensual fact, asked the property if there was still the possibility of going ahead with an

online

service

or of transferring the business.

Others even lent themselves to help them as necessary to prevent another emblematic place in Madrid from saying goodbye.

If nothing changes, Ferpal

will turn the key in less than two weeks

, as the cafeteria has written in its message on the networks.

While that date arrives, it is releasing all the genre that it keeps in its cameras with special offers for the closure and to "celebrate", even in these circumstances, the

50th anniversary

that 2021 meets.

Ferpal, a space with large deli offices like a market and a bar where it gave restaurant services -a typical model from the 70s-, did not have any table.

This fact, together with the fact that in Madrid it is forbidden to serve in the bar due to the coronavirus, has left

this cafeteria without the possibility of serving those traditional sandwiches for which they are known

and that, their

fans

say

, far exceed those of large companies .

Although the exact reason that has pushed the owners to make the decision to close is unknown [this newspaper has tried to locate them on several occasions without obtaining a response], the truth is that the pandemic has strongly hit all types of businesses, in Special to the traditional ones and even more so, to those found in the heart of the capital,

with little traffic from Madrid and with minimal tourism

.

It is not the first, nor will it likely be the last, to make this tough decision.

The pandemic has already struck down some more traditional cafes, restaurants and businesses in the city

that were scarce from the main streets before this crisis, flashing like relics among the windows of multinationals.

At the beginning of November,

the Zalacaín restaurant

, the first in the capital to obtain three Michelin stars, closed down, drowned by the restrictions imposed by the Covid.

And a few days later, the end of

Hontanares

, the mythical cafeteria on Avenida de América, and

El Burladero

, a benchmark cocktail bar in the world of bullfighting, was known.

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