In recent years, traditional stalls that sell churros, the popular Spanish fried-dough pastry-based snack, have gradually disappeared from the city of Barcelona. In the early 90s, its city council decided to stop granting new licenses for their permanent installation in the public space. Until recently, the transfer of licenses was only allowed between relatives in the first degree of consanguinity, that is, from parents to children. But, in most cases, the latter were not interested in taking over the business. The lack of generational changeover added up to a drop in sales due to the current economic crisis, putting these businesses at risk. These two factors forced many owners to finally pull the plug. At the moment, there are only over twenty stalls in the whole city, very few compared to the about 70 that existed 25 years ago.

No hi ha parada de xurros
al carrer Urgell, cantonada Borrell.
No hi ha parada de xurros
al carrer Urgell, cantonada Borrell.
Perquè són paral·lels,
perquè són paral·lels,
i la gent, en passar,
no en podia menjar…

traditional song (fragment)