The Alicante Local Police closed the PetÃmetre restaurant in Playa de San Juan on Friday. Officers discovered that the well-known restaurant was open to the public without a permit, in violation of the Department of Urban Planning’s directive stopping operations on June 2nd. As a result, they closed the premises, which had received numerous complaints about violating municipal standards and possessing unauthorised facilities.
The battle with the firm has been ongoing for a long time. The terrace’s use has already been suspended due to a lack of an environmental permit, as ordered in August 2024. However, in May 2025, officials had to block off the location after determining that “an event was taking place in the area with customers, five tables, and 70 chairs occupied.” The shutdown has now been implemented for the entire site.
The PetÃmetre received two police complaints on New Year’s Eve, one on January 1st, 2024 and the other on the same day in 2025. During the initial examination, at about 1:00 a.m., investigators from the Generalitat Police discovered that the company was holding shows without a license, authorisation, or similar documentation. Furthermore, these operations were “judicially or administratively prohibited or suspended.” The following year, about 2:20 a.m., authorities confirmed that the New Year’s Eve party, which was still attended by approximately 200 individuals, had not been suspended, so they reported the establishment again. In addition to the aforementioned infractions, they noted a “lack of insurance” and a lack of “mandatory security measures or services.”
According to a fresh report dated June 2nd, experts from the Urban Planning Discipline Unit confirmed that “the restaurant is operating without a terrace” and that the hospitality space “has undergone substantial changes compared to what was authorised.” In this regard, they note that “the outdoor garden area has a public area that is neither authorised nor reflected in the project”; also, the PetÃmetre has “a stage with its own musical performance facility.”
Transfer to Torre Mauro
For its part, the Forty Group, the restaurant’s owner, has announced the restaurant’s relocation to Torre Mauro “to strengthen its gastronomic and leisure offering and move closer to the city centre.” After recently acquiring the landmark property, the firm claims to be “beginning a new era”. Forty cited this acquisition as the basis for relocating PetÃmetre next July.
In a statement, the firm praised this development as “a natural step in the evolution of the concept” and stated that it “will maintain its identity based on charcoal-grilled cuisine, rice dishes, and sharing dishes,” along with a “creative cocktail bar available all day.” Forty celebrates that the location will have “greater accessibility and operational capacity” and will allow for “expanding the offering to include events.”
According to company sources, the relocation of PetÃmetre was always planned as part of the project’s development strategy, but the procedure has been accelerated due to the stoppage of activities. They warn that this decision was “imposed on the owner of the property where the restaurant operated until now,” and that “it should be noted that Forty Group carried out its activity on a rental basis in said space, without having any corporate ties to the owner.”
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