PATIO courtyard in progress
PATIO

A courtyard behind the restaurant, and the work around it.

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AAgroecology
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What exists now

46 m². A third of it is soil again.

The courtyard

The concrete came up over about a third of the courtyard between October and early November 2025, starting on 12 October at a day-long workshop with Landra, when guests broke open the sealed ground and looked at the exposed soil under a microscope. By September 2026 the opened ground had grown over on its own: apple mint, self-seeded brassicas, and that corner of the yard is noticeably cooler than it was. The rest is still concrete. A glazing project is under way. The intention is for the courtyard to be open to anyone, not just to diners.

At the table

EAT.BITZ. At dinner each guest gets a card for one ingredient on the menu and the farm it came from, and a kaleidoscope viewer at the table shows the species documented across the farms and forager sites that supply the kitchen. Developed with Genomic Gastronomy, Bernat Cuní and Ruben Gres through ST3ER.

In public

Two events so far: Eyes on the Field in May 2025, a field workshop at Formiga Gloriosa and a dinner at VENN a few days later, and Deep into the Landscape, the October workshop in the courtyard itself. More will be announced on the events page.

How it connects

The restaurant stays at the centre.

The kitchen buys from farms and producers. EAT.BITZ shows those relationships at the table. PATIO gives them a courtyard.

Key partners

People shaping the work.

Ecology

Landra

Sara Rodrigues and Rodrigo Camacho ran the October 2025 workshop and the first opening of the ground.

At the table

Genomic Gastronomy, Bernat Cuní, Ruben Gres

Co-developers of EAT.BITZ.

Restaurant

VENN

The kitchen, the buying and the room.

Public programme

Events

Eyes on the Field, May 2025. Deep into the Landscape, October 2025.

Continue

The rest of the work around the restaurant.