Establishments
Málaga, Málaga · Carretera de CádizMizu Sushi Málaga
A twelve-seat sushi counter on Avenida de Andalucía, working with fish from the Málaga auction rather than imported: the nigiri changes with whatever comes in that morning.
13:00–23:30 · Closed: Monday Cerrado
Málaga, Málaga · HuelinMesón Corral del Almirante
A Castilian mesón in Huelin, with a wood oven and the wine cellar in plain sight. What you order here is the milk-fed lamb or the suckling pig, which come out of the oven whole and are carved at the table, with Castilian soup or Burgos blood sausage to start.
12:30–23:30 · Closed: Tuesday Cerrado
Málaga, Málaga · SohoLa Huerta de Lucía
Vegetarian cooking built on Axarquía vegetables, with no attempt to imitate meat or fish: what is on is whatever the market gardens gave that week. House ferments, sourdough bread, and a grill used as much for fennel as for beetroot.
13:00–23:00 · Closed: Sunday and Monday Cerrado
Málaga, Málaga · SohoTaberna Casa Bermejo
A barrel-and-marble-counter tavern on Alameda de Colón, at the entrance to the Soho district. Local wine poured from the cask, tinned seafood, cured meats and spoon dishes that change every week with whatever the Atarazanas market has.
12:00–00:00 · Closed: Monday Abierto
Bilbao, Vizcaya · ZabalaCervecería Barrika Nueva
An evening and late-night beer bar on Calle Autonomía, between Zabala and Ametzola, with a dozen rotating taps and a long fridge of bottles. To go with it there are charcuterie boards, tinned seafood and hot sandwiches, in the Mediterranean small-plates tradition.
17:00–01:30 Abierto
Bilbao, Vizcaya · SantutxuAsador Goikoetxe Erretegia
A traditional grill house on Calle Zabalbide, in Santutxu, with a charcoal parrilla in plain view from the door. Its reputation rests on the beef chop and the milk-fed lamb, rounded out with Donostia-style sea bream, stuffed peppers and homemade puddings.
12:00–23:00 · Closed: Wednesday Cerrado
Valencia, Valencia · JesúsPizzería Nonna Delia
A wood-oven pizzeria in the Jesús district of Valencia, working long-fermented dough and a puffed Neapolitan crust. The list is deliberately brief: twelve fixed pizzas, two pastas of the day and little else, with delivery inside the neighbourhood and collection at the door.
13:00–23:45 · Closed: Tuesday Cerrado
Valencia, Valencia · RussafaGastrobar Vermell
A gastrobar with chef-led cooking in the heart of Russafa, on Calle Dénia, a step away from the market. It opens in the evening only and works from a short list that changes every season: small plates to share, Valencian produce handled with technique, and a cocktail list that goes well beyond the gin and tonic.
18:00–02:00 · Closed: Monday Abierto
Málaga, Málaga · La VictoriaCafetería La Alacena de Ana
A neighbourhood coffee shop on Cristo de la Epidemia, on the way up to Gibralfaro hill. It opens early for the breakfasts the area has always had — mollete bread with olive oil, toast with tomato, strong local coffee — and carries on with home baking and afternoon snacks until it closes for the day.
08:00–20:30 · Closed: Saturday and Sunday Cerrado
Málaga, Málaga · CapuchinosLa Tapa de Doña Trini
A neighbourhood tapas bar on Calle Dos Aceras, between Capuchinos and Málaga's old town, five minutes on foot from Teatro Cervantes. The list is short and made for grazing: aubergines with cane honey, stew croquettes, small sandwiches and Axarquía cheeses, washed down with sweet Málaga wine or a well-pulled beer.
12:30–23:30 · Closed: Sunday Cerrado
