The Hystory of the Capsa House building begins in 1830. At that time, Ieronimo Momolo bought the properties of Slatineanu family and opened a pub, even where today is Caspsa House. The pub Slatineanu House was a known place for the Italian and Oriental food preparations.
A few years later the pub is extended with a ballroom, Slatineanu Hall. The hall was in the trends of the fashion of that time among politicians and industrialists who met here for some of the lavish parties.
In 1874 the Slatineanu House comes into possession of the Capsa Family and at the same time the pub earns European fame and appreciation. Dumitru Capsa, a Macedonian from Moscopole City, arrives in Bucharest after his home town is destroyed by the Turkish artillery in 1788.
He had four sons but only the youngest, Capsa Constantin, took the confectionary trade. Constantin Capsa had 12 childrens. From all of them only four, Vasile, Anton, Constantin and Grigore took their father's business forward by founding Capsa House. In 1852, Vasile and Anton Capsa opened the confectionery "At two brothers, Anton and Vasile Capsa". the confectionery was located on the Mogosoaia Bridge, today's Calea Victoriei, in the old place of Damari Tavern, across from the Zlatari Church.
Soon, the brothers moved their business in the Slatineanu House.
All the delicacies are now accompanied by candy boxes, wood boxes, foil and ribbons. Brothers Capsa are the first confectioners from Romania. They bought on the market the absinthe or also known the Green Fairy, a name given to this drink by people from Bucharest.
The sweets were made after local and oriental recipes, also some loved recipes from Paris and Vienna.
Grigore Capsa is the one who continued to expand the fame of the Capsa House. He learned in France the art of confectioneries, at the famous House Boissier. He became so skilled that he was the only one foreigner who can participate at the Paris Exposition where the sweets are tasted by the Empress Eugenie.
