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Café-restaurant · Grill

Sant Just Desvern · Town centre

L'Ateneu Cafè Restaurant

L'Ateneu is our café-restaurant in the heart of Sant Just Desvern, on Carrer de l'Ateneu. On weekdays we open at 9 am for breakfast, and serve the full menu at lunch and dinner.

The menu has grilled meats with chimichurri, Uruguayan classics such as the chivito and milanesa, homemade-dough pizzas and Catalan favourites like xató, escalivada and salt cod a la llauna.

Cuisine
Café-restaurant · Grill
Address
Carrer de l'Ateneu, 3
08960 Sant Just Desvern
Instagram
@restateneu

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L'Ateneu

Menu

Salads

6
  • Green salad€10.50
    Tomato, onion, carrot, sweetcorn, tuna and boiled egg
  • Warm salad€12.50
    Goat's cheese, serrano ham, honey vinaigrette and nuts
  • Burrata salad€13.50
    Tomato, candied pine nuts, pesto and tomato jam
  • Tomato and mozzarella€11.80
  • Tomato, mozzarella and salmon€16.50
  • Xató de Vilanova€11.50
    Catalan escarole salad with xató sauce

Cold starters

5
  • Beef carpaccio€16.50
    Parmesan, truffle and rocket
  • Marinated salmon€16.50
  • Iberian ham platter€21.50
  • Escalivada with anchovies€14.50
    Roasted peppers, aubergine and onion
  • Esqueixada€13.50
    Shredded salt cod salad

Hot starters

15
  • Tartlet with escalivada and caramelised foie gras€15.50
  • Potatoes stuffed with ceps and foie gras sauce€15.30
  • Baked escalivada with goat's cheese and olive tapenade€14.00
  • Baked provolone€11.50
  • Aubergine parmigiana€13.50
    Parmesan, pesto and Modena vinaigrette
  • Breaded camembert with tomato jam€11.90
  • Broken eggs with Iberian ham and foie gras shavings€14.80
  • Empanada€4.00 each
    Beef, ham and cheese, or spicy beef
  • Potato millefeuille with caramelised foie gras and Pedro Ximénez reduction€15.50
  • Mushrooms stuffed with salt cod brandade, au gratin€14.90
  • Homemade nachos€11.50
    Wheat-flour nachos with pico de gallo, jalapeño and 3 dips: spicy, cheese and guacamole
  • Patatas bravas€8.00
  • Chicken fingers€10.50
  • Snails a la llauna€16.90
    Oven-roasted on a tray, Catalan style
  • Stew croquettes (6)€9.50

From the grill

15
  • Beef entrecôte€24.50
  • Beef tenderloin€29.50
  • Uruguayan bife€29.50
  • Beef vacío€19.80
    Flank cut, Uruguayan style
  • Beef churrasco€19.30
  • Chicken€14.50
  • Rabbit (half)€16.90
  • Butifarra sausage€12.80
  • Pig's trotters€15.50
  • Chorizo criollo (3)€13.50
  • Sweet black pudding (2)€11.50
  • Mixed grill for one€24.80
  • Mixed grill for two€48.00
  • Lamb€24.90
  • Boneless Galician rib steak€65.00 /kg

Choice of side: ember-roasted potato, salad, chips, escalivada or rice. All meats are served with chimichurri.

Sauces and extras

8
  • Roquefort sauce€4.50
  • Foie gras sauce€4.50
  • Cep sauce€4.50
  • Pedro Ximénez reduction€4.50
  • Caramelised foie gras€6.00
  • Allioli€1.20
  • Extra chimichurri€1.20
  • Extra bread basket€1.30

Fish

4
  • Salt cod a la llauna with white beans€18.50
  • Baked salt cod with prawns€18.50
    With nuts and cheese sauce
  • Biscay-style salt cod with ember-roasted potato€18.50
  • Salt cod with gratinated allioli and ember-roasted potato€18.50

Uruguayan classics

7
  • Chivito sandwich€16.90
    Chicken or beef. Lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, boiled egg, ham, bacon and cheese, with homemade chips
  • Chivito platter€17.50
    Chicken or beef. Ham, bacon, cheese, fried egg, salad and homemade chips
  • Chicken or beef milanesa€15.00
  • Milanesa a caballo€17.00
    Beef or chicken, topped with two fried eggs, with homemade chips
  • Milanesa napolitana€18.50
    Chicken or beef. Ham, bacon, cheese, fried egg and tomato sauce
  • Charrúa burger€14.50
    Beef, lettuce, tomato, ham, cheese, bacon, fried egg and mayonnaise
  • Red Gallega burger€16.70
    Aged Galician blond beef, sweet cecina sauce, spicy sauce and cheddar, on a red bun

Toasts and bread

6
  • Escalivada toast with camembert€12.90
  • Escalivada and anchovy toast€13.50
  • Escalivada toast€11.50
  • Anchovy toast€13.80
  • Iberian ham toast€14.90
  • Crystal bread with tomato€4.90

Pizzas

16
  • Margherita€11.50
  • Bacon€12.80
  • Four cheeses€12.80
    Roquefort, parmesan, emmental and mozzarella
  • Tuna€12.80
    Tuna and olives
  • Anchovies€14.00
  • Napolitana€12.80
    Italian tomato and cooked ham
  • Escalivada€12.80
    Roasted pepper and aubergine
  • House pizza€12.80
    Cooked ham, bacon and chorizo
  • Mushroom€12.80
    Mushrooms and onion
  • Tropical€12.80
    Pineapple, cooked ham and sweetcorn
  • Ateneu€12.80
    Frankfurter, boiled egg and bacon
  • Four seasons€12.80
    Mushrooms, cooked ham, tuna and olives
  • Montevideo€14.00
    Beef, onion and egg
  • Escalivada with goat's cheese€14.00
  • Charrúa's€16.00
    Roasted pepper, cooked ham and beef vacío
  • Sarandí€16.00
    Parmesan, cherry tomato, rocket, goat's cheese and serrano ham (no mozzarella)

Tomato and mozzarella base with oregano. Our dough is homemade; tell us when you order if you'd like to remove or swap an ingredient.

All prices include VAT. Large groups receive a single bill. Please tell our staff about any food intolerances. Ask for our wine and cava list.

Good to know

Opening hours

Monday09:00–16:00 · 20:00–23:30
Tuesday09:00–16:00 · 20:00–23:30
Wednesday09:00–16:00 · 20:00–23:30
Thursday09:00–16:00 · 20:00–23:30
Friday09:00–16:00 · 20:00–23:30
Saturday13:00–16:00 · 20:00–23:30
Sunday13:00–16:00

Monday to Friday: breakfast from 9:00, lunch from 13:00 to 16:00. Closed on Sunday evenings.

Location

L'Ateneu Cafè Restaurant
Carrer de l'Ateneu, 3
08960 Sant Just Desvern (Barcelona)
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