The fourth edition of the annual San Antonio Thursday tapas and pintxos route starts next week on the 16th Feb and continues until the 22nd March. It's tremendously popular, not only because of the economic prices - €2 for a pintxo and a beer, wine or soft drink, and €4 for a tapa and drink – but because of the wonderful atmosphere generated in the bars on winter nights.
Whether you're a couple, group of friends or a singleton, this tremendously social way of eating and drinking, without the confines of regimented tables is a great way to have fun. It's also ideal for sampling lots and lots of different food in the same evening. These days pintxos – morsels of meat, fish and vegetables anchored to a sliver of bread with a toothpick – have become culinary works of art and a source of great pride with the chefs who produce them.
I've carefully copied and pasted, in no particular order, a list of all the bars participating this year.
Zone 1 – San Antonio
Abad Bar, C/ San Antonio, 1. Tel. 971 347 992
Bon Sol, C/ Cervantes, 42.
Babel, Plaza de la Iglesia, s/n.
Bahía, C/ París, 5. Tel. 971 804 539
Bombadú, C/ Antonio Riquer s/n. Tel. 971 342 857
Bread & Friends, C/ San Antonio, 36
Capricci Pizzería, Av. Isidor Macabich, 11. Tel. 971 344 962
Café Cervantes, C/ Madrid, 10. Tel. 971 348 763
Cervecería Taberna del West, C/ Colón, s/n
Confort Café, C/ San Antonio, 30. Tel. 971 343 671
El Chiringuito, Paseo Maritimo, Club Nautic. Tel. 667 650 590
El Quijote, C/ Ample, 17. Tel. 971 343 681
El Sitio de mi Recreo, C/ Antonio Riquer, 32.
El Yate, Paseo de la Mar, 20. Tel. 971 348 994
Es Cant@, C/ Rosalía, 23. Tel. 971 343 966
Es Clot, C/ Ample, s/n. Tel. 971 345 460
Es Mirai, C/ Rosalía, 28. Tel. 971 804 459
Es Rebost de Can Prats, C/ Cervantes, 4. Tel. 971 346 252
Es Ventall, C/ Cervantes, 22. Tel. 971 341 729
Es Verro, C/ Ample, 21. Tel. 971 340 137
Golden Buddha, C/ Rosalía, 35. Tel. 971 345 633
Gran China, C/ Btme. Vte. Ramón, 21. Tel. 971 344 351
Koppas, Passeig de Ses Fonts s/n. Tel. 971 346 223
La Cantina Portmany, Paseo de las Fuentes s/n. Tel. 971 345 860
La Moon, C/ Vara de Rey, s/n.
Leopard, C/ Balanzat, 6. Tel. 971 345 752
Hostal Marí, C/ Profgreso, 42. Tel. 971 341 974
Marino Hostal , C/ del Mar, 34. Tel. 971 340 844
Nou Prisma, C/ Soledad, 56.
Rita's Cantina, Paseo Marítimo, 8. Tel. 971 343 387
Sa Polar 1974, C/ Valencia, 14.
S'Avaradero, Paseo Marítimo, 12. Tel. 971 342 955
Shawarma Sammy, C/ General Prim, 8.
Stephan, Paseo Marítimo, 6.Tel. 971 346 538
Tarba Hostal, C/ Ramón y Cajal, 20. Tel. 971 340 216
Tijuana, C/ Ramón y Cajal, 23. Tel. 971 342 473
Villa Manchega, Av. Isidoro Macabich, 19. Tel. 971 346 253
Xocolata, C/ Menendez Pidal, 46. Tel. 971 804 848
Zebra, Av. Isidoro Macabich, 9. Tel. 971 347 867
Zone 2 – Es Moli
Boulevard, Avda Dr. Fleming, 60, T. 971 346 713
Taberna Cebo, C/ Es Molí, 7. Tel. 699 417 944
Marina Playa, C/ des Caló, s/n. Tel. 971 347 589
Toben, Avda Dr. Fleming, Avda Dr. Fleming
Zone 3 – Ses Paisses, Buscastell, San Rafael, Cala Salada
Centro Social Can Bonet, Ses Paisses
Es Raco de Can Cosmi, C/ Cirerers, 5. Tel. 971 933 149
Es Puig, Ctra. Ibiza- San Antonio, km. 12,5, T. 971 345 405
Granja Costa, C/ Limoners, 11. T. 971 347 810
KFE Sant Rafel, Av. Isidoro Macabich, s/n. Tel. 971 198 681
Can Tixedo, Buscastell, s/n
Can Pou, Ctra. Cala Salada km. 2, T. 971 340 170
As you can see, there are three geographical zones, and new for this year is a tapa train which will convey gastronauts between the bars and extra buses have been laid on to take punters from Ibiza town home late at night.
The pintxa route is also a competition to find the best food, as voted for by clients, and last year it was won by the Hostal Mari, which features again in the 2012 edition. As always, there's a PDF file with all the bars and a map which can be downloaded from the Pintxa 2012 site.
