06:10
The fish market
Manolo picks the sardines at the auction. If the sea didn't deliver, there's no espeto. It's that simple.
The embers · since 1979
A day of embers, from the fish market to sunset.
Manolo has been skewering sardines for 45 years in the same beached boat on the seafront promenade. This is what happens every day.
The day
Four hours that rule.
12:30
The boat
The olive wood is lit in the beached boat. The first skewers go out with the smoke still rising.
14:00
The espeto
Six sardines per skewer, coarse salt, fifteen minutes over the embers. You eat them with your fingers, looking at the water.
20:30
The sunset
The last embers coincide with the last light. Anyone who's seen it once comes back.
The team
Who's behind it.
Manolo Heredia
The espetero (skewer master) · founder
45 years over the embers. He says the secret is the olive wood; everyone knows it's him.
Curro Heredia
Second grill · his son
He learned to skewer before he learned to ride a bike. He has handled the fish market since 2019.
Encarni Reyes
Floor and draft beers
She knows who wants a second beer before they ask.
«If the sea didn't deliver, there's no espeto. And that's fine — come back tomorrow.»
Manolo Heredia · espetero
Come see the smoke up close.
the seafront promenade · front row · olive wood since 1979.