Food, fantastic prices and fun combine at San Antonio's annual gastro fest of tasty tapas and perfect pinchos starting this Thursday and every Thursday from 21/2 until 28/3.
The winning formula from years past is repeated as 60 – yes six zero – bars in the town and surrounding areas offer a pincho and beer or wine for €2 and a tapa and drink for €4. For the uninitiated a pincho (pintxa in Catalan) is a morcel of food, usually anchored to a slice of bread with a toothpick and a tapa is a small plateful of food. Don't be discouraged by the word small, as there are some fabulous creations and combinations of food on offer, just take a look at the creations from two of the bars in our photos!
This informal style of dining is also a great social event, as the bars are packed to the rafters with people from all over the island mixing, mingling and having fun, especially when the tourist train, on a route around all the bars, arrives with much bell ringing and cheering.
The bars involved are
San Antonio: Ample 32, Babel, Bahía, Bombadu, Bon Sol, Café Cervantes , Café Marla, Chamonix, Chiringuito Club Nautico, Confort café, Dinamarca, El Quijote, El Sitio, El sitio de mi recreo, El Yate, Entice Bar, Es Cantó, Es Clot, Es Diari, Es Mirai, Es Rebost, Es Ventall, Es Verro, Europe, Formentera, Golden Buddha, Grill Sant Antoni, Guay, Hostal Marí, Hostal Marino, Kantaun, Koppas, La Cantina Portmany, La Moon, Leopard, Linares, Mesón Abad, Nou Prisma, Orenes, Rita's Cantina, Sa Polar 1974, S'avaradero, Sunsea Bar, Tijuana, Vara Moon. Villa Manchega, XDXT, Zebra.
Es Moli: Boulevard, Marina Playa, Pastisseria Toni Coques, Pizzería Piazza San Marco, Taberna Cebo, Toben.
Ses Paisses: Es Racó de Can Cosmi, Es Puig.
Cala Salada: Can Pou, Hostal La Torre.
Buscastell: Can Tixedo.
San Rafael: K fe Sant Rafel.
You can find a map and all the details of the bars to download on the Pintxa website.
It's a fantastic achievement to get this all organised in a small town of around 15,000 people, just imagine some towns of a similar size in your country trying to do this!
So, well done to everybody involved for putting it together and see you there?
