Each tapa costs €3.50 and consists of four montaditos (small, open-topped sandwiches) from an attractive menu split into verduras, pescados, carnes y quesos. There’s no dessert. Wines of the day go for €2.50 a glass, or you can get a bottle at shop prices but pay a €10 corkage fee on top. And if you just want a glass of wine, a 'tapita' comes free. When I popped in it was a chunk of morcilla with confit onions, but it might just as easily be a dollop of txangurro—Donostia style dressed crab.
Of course the tapita is so teeny tiny and cute that you have no choice but to order some more. Most things are made in house, but they have a pleasing twist like a salad of conserved calçots chopped into romesco sauce and topped with boiled prawns, or silky pickled aubergines with a tomato confit, and those that aren’t—mainly the meaty things and conservas—come from the Boqueria like botifarra de Perol, hot sobrassada Menorquín drizzled with honey, steak tartar (a house secret, all I know for sure is it doesn’t involve an egg yolk), and mussels escabeche.
My only complaint is that the chairs are slightly higher than the barrels, so after the proverbial glass or three, your chances of sliding off are better than average. Happy sliding. TS
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