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just… no

18 Wednesday May 2022

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Estimados camareros
Por favor, no lleve vasos de agua o cerveza a las mesas de esta manera. A nadie le gusta.
Atentamente
Todo el mundo 🍻

Dear waiters
Please do not carry glasses of water or beer to tables this way. Nobody likes it.
Yours truly
Everybody🍻

It really should be a no-brainer because I mean WTAF? For the record the above photo is a “re-enactment” by Peter after our waiter brought our water glasses to the table like this. Even though his other hand was free. And like… gaaaahhh. I mean, these guys go on to pick up dirty plates and glasses, give tables a wipe with the icky yellow cloth and then keep serving food without washing their hands. The LEAST they can do is not smear the rim of your drinking glass with whatever gack is stuck to their hands. Sadly still a not infrequent occurrence here in Sevilla.

patio san eloy is 50!

29 Tuesday Mar 2022

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Patio San Eloy started back in 1972 with their first bar (in my street!), and now they have several spots around town. Good basic food, always fresh, and ice cold beer. But their original bar is the one I like best with its tiled “bleachers” that run along the back walls. To commemorate their 50th anniversary a large canvas replica of a special poster made up for the celebration is hanging above another iconic spot, the Cafetería La Campana, depicting celebrities who have some sort of connection to the bar (some of which escape me). I have been invited to drop in and ask for a candle to put on my tapa. Hey, why not?

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Celebrating on the bleachers with the Duchess of Alba, Rita Hayworth, El Pali, Silvio and Howard Jackson with Velázquez, Becquer, Curro Romero, Antonio Puerta, Miki Roqué, and even Curro (the Expo 92 mascot) 🌈

words of love & wisdom

14 Tuesday Dec 2021

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I feel truly blessed to know so many wonderful people here in Sevilla and Emilio at Casa Moreno is one of them. The walls of this tiny bar, tucked away behind an equally tiny abacería, are festooned with handwritten notes that he has written over the years. One day I am going to go in during a quiet time and read them all, along with a sherry or two of course.

jonathan

22 Monday Nov 2021

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I first met Jonathan back in 2008 when he opened a little bar around the corner from my then house in Barrio Santa Cruz. And we got to be good neighbours and pals, I even helped him set up his first social media stuff. But then I moved to HELL ALLEY and we kind of lost touch. And somehow I never got back to update his bar on my website (last update October 2011!!), though I did visit him in a tiny new bar he opened with his father just off the Alfalfa, now sadly closed due to Covid.

Anyhoodle… when I was at the fab Delgado Zuleta wine event last Monday there was Jonathan! And we had a chance to talk and I found out that Bodeguita La Parihuela has expanded into a connecting building and I promised to stop by soon to check it out and try some tapitas. Which ended up being today. Gotta say I was pleased with both the new look and the menu. Jonathan hasn’t forgotten his roots and the staff, although a bit bumbly at times, were eager to please. I’ll be updating it on Sevilla Tapas as soon as possible, but for now you can see some of the tapas over here.