{"id":2437,"date":"2017-06-01T08:35:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T08:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.controvento.ee\/meist\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:33:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T06:33:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.controvento.ee\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;120&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1498211926649{margin-bottom: 85px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"underlined\">CONTROVENTO STORY<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In the heart of the medieval Latin quarter, alongside the artisans\u2019 workshops in St Catherine\u2019s passage, you will find <em>Controvento<\/em>, the oldest Italian restaurant in Tallinn. <em>Controvento<\/em> first opened its doors to lovers of Italian cooking in 1994. Although much has changed during the last quarter of a century and quite a few other places specialising in Italian food have appeared alongside those offering other national cuisines, <em>Controvento<\/em> has succeeded in keeping its standards high by not changing its principles. We offer our customers traditional Italian dishes, while always looking for new ways to tickle their taste-buds. Our regular customers know well why a table should be reserved at weekends. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/letsumai.com\/widget\/controvento\">BOOK A TABLE<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2397&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2402&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1498209707370{margin-bottom: 120px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"underlined\">OF THE PLACE AND HISTORY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em>Controvento<\/em> stands in St Catherine\u2019s passage in a historically important part of the Old Town. The passage was named after the St Catherine\u2019s church of the local Dominican Monastery, which was built in the 13th century. In Soviet times St Catherine\u2019s passage was closed to the people of Tallinn, and the building which today houses the restaurant was not renovated and was used for storing film reels. After Estonia became independent again, St Catherine\u2019s passage was reopened to visitors and <em>Controvento<\/em> was born thanks to the Hereditas foundation and the initiative of two enterprising Italian businessmen together with a couple of local enthusiasts.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.01)&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1498211908274{margin-bottom: 120px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gap=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;color-light&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; overlay_color=&#8221;#b28573&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1539077481004{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;background-image: url(&#8216;http:\/\/marco.puruno.com\/images\/s1.jpg&#8217;?id=) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"underlined\">OUR MISSION<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">We aim to offer you traditional Italian cuisine, good wine and the best service with genuine emotions \u2013 the joy of existence and life itself.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1539078430906{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.controvento.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/puu.jpg?id=2421) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gap=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1539077998655{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.controvento.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JPA_6269.jpg?id=2299) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1498209566720{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;background-color: rgba(12,12,12,0.01) !important;*background-color: rgb(12,12,12) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"underlined\">THE CONTROVENTO FAMILY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em>Controvento<\/em> was born as a family-run enterprise, and today the management is shared between both the older and the younger generations. But the <em>Controvento<\/em> family is larger than only its owners, as it unites all the people who are part of the daily life and work of the restaurant. We value highly the spirit of solidarity and cooperation, we share in each other\u2019s joys and preoccupations, and, perhaps most important, we all love the <em>cucina italiana<\/em> and Italian culture.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1498209722935{margin-bottom: 120px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"underlined\">YOU AND US<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">If it were only \u201cus\u201d, there would be no <em>Controvento<\/em>. We exist, we change and we develop thanks also to you. We hope that our good Italian food and wine and our friendly service will bring you many great moments and many memorable occasions. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2409&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2414&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1498209737301{margin-bottom: 120px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"underlined\">THE SINGULARITY OF CONTROVENTO<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">Italian cooking in its traditional form certainly demands regular professional training and mastery. Yet something else is required to make a restaurant worthy of its original idea as a restorer of strength and energy; something which will give it a new breath, but which cannot be explicitly put into words or written down in the menu. This something the visitor will find in the particular atmosphere of a particular evening and one particular moment. We invite you to come and experience these moments again and again and to support us in our mission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.controvento.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/menuu_kevad25-loplik-1.pdf\">SEE THE MENU<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2362,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2437","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About us - Restoran Controvento<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.controvento.ee\/en\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About us - 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