Espeto de sardinas (grilled sardine skewers)
3,50 € / skewer
The skewer of six · olive-wood fire
Coarse salt and fifteen minutes over the embers. You eat them with your fingers, looking at the water. Season: May to October, for real.
Today's chalkboard
The menu fits on a chalkboard.
If the sea didn't deliver, we cross it off in chalk. No drama. Prices include bread and dressing.
Grilled prawns
14,00 €
Fresh from the fish market
Over live flame, with salt and a squeeze of lemon. Nothing more, because nothing more is needed.
Whole estuary sea bass
19,00 €
Butterflied
Opened and grilled with a little garlic and chili. For one hungry person or two with a salad.
Huevo de toro tomato salad
9,00 €
In season · July-September
Tomato from the Axarquía, spring onion, Daimalos olive oil and coarse salt. The dish that settles the most arguments at the table.
Ice-cold draft beer
2,20 €
The frosted glass
A short pour in an ice-cold glass. The second one shows up unasked if Manolo catches your look.
Questions
Before you choose.
Are there sardines all year?+
No — the months without an "r" are the good ones (May to August, stretching into October). Out of season, the chalkboard offers something else.
Do you take cards?+
Yes, and Bizum (Spain's mobile payment app). Though Manolo still prefers the crumpled bill, same as ever.
You can't fake the smoke.
A table at midday or at sunset — front row, no pretense.