It all began in 1927, when Saveria Grimaldi (my grandmother) married Don Quilici (my grandfather) in the small village of Conca (start/finish point of the GR20 hiking trail) and the couple decided to move down to the plains and settle in a house in Favone.
Donu worked as a peddler with a mule (U Dragulinu) and A Rossa, after continuing her work as a shepherdess (a pastòra) for a while, quickly began offering food and drink to travelers wishing to take a break on their journey between Bastia and Bonifacio.
The little café was born… It quickly became known and recognized all along the eastern coast of Corsica and as far as Propriano under the name “A Rossa,” a nickname given to my grandmother for her flamboyant red hair.
With the arrival of the first vacationers in 1936, the establishment prospered and life flowed peacefully through the summer seasons.
In the 1970s, the family business was taken over and developed by the two sons of “A Rossa,” Paul (my uncle) and Toussaint (my father).
Today, my uncle Paul is no longer with us and my father has decided to take a well-deserved retirement, so I am the third generation to continue the adventure of this family saga.
I hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you soon, to my home with “memories to take away and smiles to share,” but also to this island that is always in my mind and in my heart.
Hermine Quilici
The granddaughter of A Rossa