Cattelin (original) (raw)

Former restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden

Cattelin in 2010

Catellin was a landmark restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden. It was situated at Storkyrkobrinken 9 in the old, original part of the city, Gamla stan. It closed in 2011.[1]

Catellin was founded in 1922 by Franco-Belgian chef Jules Claude Catellin, although according to other sources the restaurant opened in 1924.[2][3][4] The walls of the restaurant were decorated by artist Axel Hörlin in 1926.[5] The restaurant was popular among artists, writers and politicians, some of them were Isaac Grünewald, Lennart Jirlow, Einar Jolin, Olle Olsson-Hagalund, and Stig Dagerman.[5][6] 20 years after opening the restaurant, Catellin decided to sell it to Harry Uhr and Kjell Blekenberg.[5] The new owners changed the classic French cuisine approach of the restaurant and brought new preparations and flavors to the menu.[4]

The restaurant closed in 2011. The lease for the restaurant was terminated since the whole block was going to be renovated and used for other functions.[1][7] As of 2019[update], the premises and most of the block are used by Sveriges Riksdag.

In 1978, a book with recipes from the restaurant was published.[3] Many of the dishes are based on meat or fish. The most noted dishes are the garlic-flavored squid salad and the Oxfilé Provençale [sv].[4][6]

The restaurant appears in Stieg Trenter's 1944 novel Dangerous Vanity.[8]

  1. ^ a b Epstein, Lars (30 September 2011). "Restaurang Cattelin har tvingats stänga - en epok är över". Dagens Nyheter. Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Stockholm - En mathistoria" (PDF). p. 64. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b Blekenberg, Kjell; Uhr, Harry; Falk, Lars; Bengstsson, Jan Åke; Pihl, Ove (1978). Cattelins kokbok. Stockholm: Atlantis. ISBN 9174860127. SELIBR 7644209.
  4. ^ a b c Porter, Darwin; Baker, Mark; Prince, Danforth; George McDonald; Sherry Marker; Ryan James (12 October 2010). Frommer's Europe. John Wiley & Sons. p. 984. ISBN 978-0-470-63232-1. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  5. ^ a b c "Många goda matminnen från Cattelin i Gamla stan". www.stockholmstories.se. Stockholm Stories. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b Travel. Travel Magazine, inc. 1968. p. 49. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Känd restaurang måste stänga". Sveriges Radio. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. ^ Trenter, Stieg (1944). Farlig fåfänga: kriminalroman (in Swedish) (4. tus. ed.). Stockholm: Bonnier. SELIBR 1420674.

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