We'd add
Our runner-upBocadillo de jamón de Jabugo
A bocadillo, sandwich, of Jabugo cured ham. The bite after the olive-and-anchovy stick, when a little more is needed.
- PDO Jabugo
- A house bocadillo for decades
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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstGilda
The Gilda, olive, salted anchovy and a guindilla pepper skewered together, the pintxo, bar bite, born at this counter. With a glass beside it.
Also on our table
- A glass of txakoli white wine or vermouth (vermut)
Bar Vallés
Basque pintxos · ham bar · Centro, San Sebastian
Reyes Católicos Kalea 10, 20006 Donostia-San Sebastián
Blas Vallés opened this wine bar on Reyes Católicos, and it was here the Gilda, the anchovy-and-olive stick, was first put together. The Vallés family still runs it.
The proof, in the house's own words
Why the Gilda
Local choice
Living history of its kitchen, in the bar's own words.
“Historia viva de nuestra cocina”
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