Rosa has it clear: the King knows about tapas.
So you thought Elvis was dead hu?, well, he is not. He is alive and kickin', and you can have some tapas with him in the center beautiful Zaragoza and I tell you they're all right Mamma!!
Placed in Reconquista Street 5, next to the strategically sited San Miguel Square, right in the center of the city, this place offers you more than meets the eye.
I knew about this place but I had never entered in it until last sunday and boy, what was I missing!
From the outside, almost nothing tells you about what is going on inside, it's just the typical all time tapas and snacks bar that you can find enywhere in Zaragoza (don't be mistaken, typical does not mean low quality, it's just that there's a lot of offer of them), but once you enter the place surprises como one after another.
Who can tell the King is inside?
At first, what catches your attention is the decoration: it's Elvis everywhere; driving liscenses, photos, record sleeves, posters, action figures and plenty of memorabilia. Of course, you can hear him throug the speakers the whole time.
But the best part is about to come: take a look at the tapas and snacks they have at the bar stall and then you know you've come to the right place. Loads of high quality stuff paying attention to local gastronomy in the first place. Just to give you an idea: migas, bullring bull stew, red peppers stuffed with cod, cod croquettes, chorizo and longaniza sausages, chopped fried pork ribs, and a large etcetera.
They have the special "Elvis tapa", which consists of grilled baby squid, fried green pepper from Padrón (the "lottery" pepper, some are hot, some are not, ) and roasted potato with sone garlic flavoured olive oil and parsley.
Oh, I forgot! Every tapa costs one miserable euro, and everyday from 19:00 to 21:00 you can have your tapa and your drink for 1,50€.
And everyday they have a very cheap menu that costs 8€. It's homemade and it does look good (I didn't have it but there were people having it and it seemed quite fine).
The sight of the bar stall left me "all shook up".
Rosa Miranda, owner of the bussiness, was very kind and answered every question we asked her. She told us about her visit to Menphis on the 30th anniversary of the King's death and she showed us some pictures.
The atmosphere was great, and you could tell by the amount of clients greeting Rosa that there'es quite an important amount of everyday costumers, which speaks for itself about the bussiness and the way they treat their clients.
Once the tapas are served ther'es a little less conversation and a liitle more action.
If you want to try traditional homemade dishes at very reasonable prices, be served as if you were a friend, or you just want to have a beer with Elvis, now you know where to go!!
I think this is going to be a must in the tapas tours I offer to my clients... and my own ones too!!!
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