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Portada Carmen San Miguel — Carmen San Miguel is a bar/restaurant that is located a bit off the beaten track. It is in the Alhambra area, but on the Mauro hill. So the hill opposite to the one the Alhambra is on. You can also say it is in the Realejo Alto neighbourhood, as one […]

Carmen San Miguel

December 7, 2015 in Blog tagged Carmen San Miguel / Granada / Tapas by Irenita

A little over a year ago the owners Elvira 81*, which opened on January the 2nd this year. Their idea is based on what is called in Dutch an “eetcafe”. The two girls, Lola and Carmen, lived for 3 years in the Netherlands, where I got to know them two years […]

La Estrella del Elvira – Elvira 81

November 22, 2015 in Blog tagged bar / Granada / La estrella del Elvira / Tapas / vegetarian by Irenita

Today a blog about Reina Monica. A bar in the Albaicin area that I passed by on several occasions, but never entered until Friday, a week ago. On this Friday I was with my class of Casa de Porras on a “Granada Secreta” tour in the Sacramonte area. As a […]

Reina Monica

November 22, 2015 in Blog tagged bar / Granada / Reina Monica / Tapas by Irenita

Last saturday I decided to check out Santa Fe, a small city that was of great importance in the last days of the Moorish empire. This weekend was also #rutadetapas in Santa Fe. So I combined work, with being tourist. Unfortunately the day did not go as I had planned, […]

Bar F&M

November 5, 2015 in Blog tagged Bar F&M / Granada / Santa Fe / Tapas by Irenita

Another bar that I got to know almost 20 years ago, if I remember well. But one that for some reason, slipped my mind for quite some years. A couple of years ago a friend took me there and since then it is back on my radar. Casa de los vinos […]

Casa de los vinos – La Brujidera

October 29, 2015 in Blog tagged Casa de Vinos / Granada / Tapas by Irenita

Bares de toda la vida Ocana — Mi bar de siempre, Ocaña or also called El Sota. It was almost my second home when I first came to Granada in 1996. It continued to be like that, the years afterwards while working in Hotel Guadalupe. I got to know the place through friends at the language school. And […]

Ocaña

October 16, 2015 in Blog tagged El Sota / Granada / Ocaña / Tapas by Irenita

Bares de tosda la vida Los Diamantes — The first Los Diamantes I got to know was the one in Huetor Vega. A friend of mine took me there. I really loved the tapas and also las raciones. Okay almost everything is fried, but is is not oily at all. Actually one of the cooks explained the secret once, […]

Los Diamantes

October 7, 2015 in Blog tagged Diamantes / Granada / Tapas by Irenita