Tag Archives: Pincho

Top 10 Pintxo Tips

… or how to get the most out of of going for pintxos! While eating great pintxos in Donosti is about as hard as falling off a log, there are things you can do that will make the experience doubly … Continue reading

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Itxas Magalean

I´m not a nostalgic person. Part of this is due to the fact that I have the memory of a drunk goldfish – I often find myself calculating my age from my year of birth as opposed to just automatically … Continue reading

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¡Beware the Plate!

I can think of two McDonalds in San Sebastian, the most visual being in the Boulevard, in the Bretxa shopping centre in the Old Part. As the popular Spanish phrase goes, it looks like an “Octopus in a garage”. Totally … Continue reading

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Pub Food in A Black Fire

A Fuego Negro is as much a triumph of Marketing, Branding and Design as it is of culinary delights. It has become the reference point as the future of innovative Basque miniature cuisine through bold interior design, innovative marketing and … Continue reading

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Paco Bueno

Go into any bar in the old part of San Sebastian and more often than not you´ll find a vast array of pinchos covering every inch of the bar. Yet I´ll rarely ever take a pincho from there. Even if … Continue reading

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Saturday Night. San Sebastián.

So you´re standing there. With about three rows of people between you and the guy whose gonna take your order. Mibbe. If you´re lucky. Actually, a row would be far too ordered a thing for a place like this. It’s … Continue reading

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