Everybody knows the risks of running a restaurant; keeping it financially viable, preventing it from closing within the first 3 years and so on and so forth. Every now and again, one chances upon restaurants that have been operational for long enough to be considered a part of history itself, and Arzak, in the modern worlds pilgrimage destination of San Sebastian has been with the same family since 1897! The chef, Juan Mari Arzak along with his daughter, Elena are the third and fourth generation chefs running the restaurant which in recent years has been lauded as being one of the best in the world. Number 8 to be precise.