Health Closed the Casa Dani restaurant in the Salamanca neighborhood due to food poisoning with 40 affected and several hospitalized
Casa Dani Gastronomy: the Spanish omelette that all of Madrid is talking about
2,000 eggs and 771 kilos of sour potatoes from La Mancha every day hide the secret of
Casa Dani
, the iconic potato omelette bar in Madrid whose popularity transcends our borders.
His name appears reviewed in dozens of gastronomic guides, specialized websites and even Netflix documentaries.
Articles to which in recent days
the pages of events
have been added after being positioned as the origin of salmonella food poisoning, which has resulted in dozens of people affected and at least five hospital admissions.
Rubén, 43, one of the many affected by the poisoning,
has already gone through the emergency room twice
since last Thursday he had a tortilla skewer and a tapa of meatballs at the Mercado de la Paz premises.
«
I have already lost seven kilos in three days
and I have not been able to work.
This morning I had blood tests done at the Hospital and they were about to admit me," says this regular customer.
Susana is another of the people who has also not left her house for four days after ordering an omelette last Thursday.
«We acquired it on a platform to eat at my work.
We shared it between 10 people.
We are all fatal.
We do not understand how the premises could have made such a serious mistake
in a food consignment," said this woman who works in a company in the Salamanca neighborhood.
To the usual parish of the place - "people who work in the surroundings or in the market itself," explains Rubén -
a large community of foreign tourists
has been added for years, attracted by the popularity of its star dish and origin of the outbreak.
A fame that skyrocketed after receiving the award for the best potato omelette in Spain and, above all, appearing at the beginning of a chapter of the series Food for Phil on
Netflix
.
A family business that opened its doors more than three decades ago thanks
to Dani himself along with his wife, Carmen
, and in which the owner's sister also works.
After humble origins in the Mercado de La Paz (C/Ayala 28) until it expanded to neighboring Lagasca 49 with a second location.
The owners say that
on Thursday afternoon they learned of several intoxicated customers
and immediately contacted the health authorities.
"From Casa Dani, by our own decision and not by order of any authority, we have made the decision to close all our premises from this weekend," the owners explain.
"From the moment in which what was happening was known, the Casa Dani establishment proceeded to
take all the necessary measures to avoid further infections
, immediately informing the health authorities, proceeding to the absolute disinfection of all the facilities" , they need GRAN MADRID.
Surrounded by fishmongers, greengrocers and butchers,
Casa Dani has built an empire of tortillas with almost 4.4 million euros in sales
per year, according to the commercial register.
The spokeswoman for the Madrid City Council, Inmaculada Sanz, explained yesterday that as soon as she learned of this situation, the Madrid Health Emergency Food Service began "to study exactly what had happened, hand in hand with the health authorities of the Community of Madrid." .
"
It was recommended to the restaurant that it had to close
, they understood the situation and the premises closed," they add from the City Council.
Dani from Casa Dani at the doors of his premises.ANTONIO HEREDIA
The Minister of Health, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, confirmed yesterday that
the food poisoning has been caused by salmonellosis
, and explained that five people were still hospitalized, two of whom are children.
He added that the Community's epidemiological system gave an alert last Thursday afternoon and on Friday the restaurant's activity was closed as a precautionary measure.
"At the moment, the study of the possible causes of the infection and also the follow-up of the patients continues," said the counselor.
At the same time, the restaurant awaits laboratory samples to determine
if the outbreak is due to raw materials in poor condition or incorrect food handling
.
"We are working to clarify what happened in order to be able to reopen our establishment and offer our customers all the necessary quality guarantees," they point out from Casa Dani.
They assure that in their 32 years: "
the control guidelines
and requirements set by Health have always been scrupulously followed."
Now, with
the closure closed until what happened is clarified
, the star dish at Casa Dani has gone from being "the perfect breakfast" that Phil referred to in his Netflix series, to the object of scandal and study by the health authorities.
In this way, the future of his millionaire business - thanks to his
146,000 tortillas a year
- hangs by a thread.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
Know more
Articles Luis F. Durán
Articles Daniel J. Ollero