17 Tuesday Dec 2024
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In an attempt to feel a bit Christmassy I went over to Casa Moreno today for a festive Cold Beer O’clock and resident poet Emilio gave me this little Christmas message (below) with a hand-drawn nativity scene and star on the Triana Bridge. I’ve somehow lost all my Christmas joy over the years – it used to be my favourite time of year –Â and I really miss it. This message helped. I’ll see what I can do…
Give love and it will be born.
So little and so much:
🤍 Christmas 🤍
22 Thursday Aug 2024
Posted in history, sevilla, spain, tapas bars
I don’t know how I never knew this. I had CervecerĂa Internacional on my “to do” list of tapas bars to update after I noticed that the last time was in 2012 (!!!). So checked their website to see when they would reopen after their summer holidays and there was also a link to page on Casa Moreno. What the heck? And so I started googling around and found out that both places were started by Francisco Moreno (!!!). Casa Moreno was founded in 1945 and then in 1987 Francisco was offered the space a few doors down and decided to expand on his collection of international beers that he sold in his small bar at the back of the food shop.
Francisco Moreno’s daughter Antonia, along with her husband Antonio, took over running the cervecerĂa while Francisco junior and his wife Carmen ran the abacerĂa. Still with me? These days the grandchildren are in charge, with Antonio junior at the beer bar with his right hand Carlos and Marta Moreno with her brother Fran running the shop and bar along with the venerable Emilio, who has been with them for 40 years.
To think that a week ago I knew nothing of the family connection between these two bars, despite Casa Moreno being one of the places I consider home here. Anyhow, loved doing the research, both online and in person. Since it looks like I’m going to be on enforced leave for a while to come (can’t walk!) maybe I should get onto writing that book!
Carlos, Antonio Jr & Antonio Sr (2024)
Juanma & Antonio Sr (2012)
05 Monday Feb 2024
Posted in art, sevilla, tapas bars
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If I’ve learned one thing during my countless visits to Casa Moreno over the years it’s that for Emilio nothing is ever urgent, there is no such thing as being in a hurry, and I love him for this. So the other day when I went to ask for my bill he said “ok, it’ll be ready in about 20 minutes”. Ha. The two guys at the bar across from him shot me a look and I said to them “it’s fine, the artist always takes his time”… in the end it didn’t actually take 20 minutes and I was given this personalised bill for La Reina de las Tapas.
I have so many of Emilio’s little works of art at home, but it was this one that ended up framed and in the bookcase next to my desk. ❤️
22 Saturday Oct 2016
Posted in food & drink, friends, sevilla, sherry, spain, tapas, tapas bars
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casa moreno, friends, la brunilda, palo corao, sevilla, sherry, tapas
When Jason @CortadoIngles was in town last month we had a lovely afternoon out tapearing and he promised to return soon with his wife Louise @ingamell. Which happened this weekend! They are here on a Sevilla getaway, celebrating their 10th anniversary, and they very generously let me tag along and drag them around town on a VERY RAINY afternoon, to sample some of my fave tapas at a few bars that I love. 
It was great to finally meet lovely Louise, a refreshingly no-nonsense chica with a great sense of humour (that Jason is a lucky guy!), and I hope we will have the chance to all meet up again… and again.
casa azahar 