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l’armanaque de sevilla 2026

02 Friday Jan 2026

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A new year and another great L’Armanaque de Sevilla by local artist (and my neighbour!) Alfredo Rodríguez. He started making and selling his colourful prints of bar façades during lockdown in 2020 and produced his first L’Armanaque in 2023. Each year has been a bit different and for 2026 we get not only a new façade each month but also Alfredo’s suggestions for what to eat and drink there.

Not quite as artistic😉 but also special to me is getting the little magnetic fridge calendar every December from my butcher in the Encarnación Market. I can’t remember when I started picking these up but it’s been years. I stopped in there just before Christmas and THERE WERE NO CALENDARS. Found out they were late being delivered so I went by again today to pick up some carrillada and before I could even ask he slapped a calendar down on the counter for me. My kitchen wouldn’t feel the same without one.

l’armanaque de sevilla 2025

27 Wednesday Nov 2024

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Before lockdown 2020 my neighbour Alfredo Rodríguez was working at Barra Baja, one of my favourite restaurants in the city. Then of course everything stopped. But not Alfredo. He started creating a series of Sevilla tapas bar façades that he would sketch while out on the few walks we were allowed and then finish at home. This led to a whole other line of business for him that eventually became his new full time job. I have two of his limited prints at home, of Casa Eme and Casa Morales. Then Alfonso had the idea to make an annual Sevilla almanac with a selection his ever expanding collection of façades on each page.

This is the 2025 L’Armanaque de Sevilla, hot off the presses, and once again I have also picked one up for Deb and Paul like I did last year.

l’armanaque de sevilla

21 Tuesday Nov 2023

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Local artist Alfredo Rodríguez (also my friend and neighbour – he lives just down the street) has put out his second Sevilla almanac and so I picked up one for myself, one for Debs and another for Paul. Last year’s featured one of his famous bar facades per month, this year we get one barrio per month with 4-5 gorgeous images on each page. Mine is already up and so I’m quite looking forward to next year!

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27 Thursday Oct 2022

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You may recall that I own a couple of prints by local artist Alfredo Rodriguez (lower right), now well-known for his colourful sketches of Sevilla façades. Well this week the boys behind La Casa del Tigre (upper left) opened a new bar called El Pantera (review coming soon!) and – I love this – chose to feature Alfredo’s work as a kind of permanent exhibit. Every wall is covered with his prints and the effect is fabulous. What a wonderful way of supporting local art and also creating a unique décor and focal point for your bar. Well done guys!