Terrace of the Tribeca Snack Bar.
It has been a year since the Tribeca Snack Bar arrived at the Ordoño Passage to revolutionize the Leonese hospitality scene with its exposed brick wall, its industrial chairs and that charming interior patio with live concerts (also suitable for non-smokers). And to this day they still continue to surprise us with alternative initiatives such as their musical vermouth in the Romantic Market of the Sierra Pambley Foundation, fashion stalls, footwear, accessories, etc.
They may have been pioneers, but they are not the only ones. A fever for vintage aesthetics seems to have taken over the city, which dusts off its original walls and adapts them to the new times with posters with messages, illuminated letters and the most crazy decorations. León gets gafapasta: despite whoever weighs him, there are also hipsters here. Better that than just bachelor parties, right?
Tribeca Musical Vermouth at the Sierra Pambley Foundation Romantic Market.
MADE IN ITALY
For madness of chairs, those of the Made in Italy pizzeria, which –as they say funny in other European cities– It has a Cathedral at the entrance. Here, each checkered tablecloth has a different pattern and minimalism prevails in such a way that the original place (neighbor on the street) came to have only one table, but none of this matters when burrata salad with slow-roasted peppers and lamb's lettuce is drizzled with real 24-month-old Parmesan. If you have already decided to go, when you reserve a table by phone, do not forget to do the same with the tiramisu, otherwise you will want to try it. With authentic mozzarella and made with 00 Italian flour, the specialties are the homemade chicken curry pizza and the Made in Italy pizza, which is topped with a 5 jotas de Huelva ham.
The marked aesthetics of La Mary.
THE MARY
This restaurant landed in the Barrio Húmedo with its aesthetic 'measure' à la Lázaro Rosa-Violán: blue and white tiles, leather, velvet, dishes in the cupboards, bottles everywhere and lighting that more than lamps sometimes look like spaceships. the mary has managed to captivate with its prices a public accustomed to not paying for tapas and boasts of market cuisine with contemporary touches that bets on km 0 products, such as peppers from Bierzo, cecina from León or Valles del Esla meats. On weekends it is almost always full, so it is best to make a reservation (besides, they are quite understanding and have no problem waiting for a group of five girls who are painting their eyes, sorry, I mean they are trying to park downtown).
in full humid
niMÚ ROOF
In the attic of the Hotel Conde Luna, the old town of León has never had such primacy in a restaurant in the capital. Creative, although without forgetting the local gastronomy, its cuisine competes with the views of Botines, the Torre del Gallo de San Isidoro, the Palacio de los Guzmanes and the Cathedral. Bet on dishes to share (potato chips with sardines and ali oli, bean and meat pizza-taco, lightly curdled potato omelette with caramelised onion, etc.), but also other more forceful ones, such as the hook squid in its ink with rice or sirloin tacos with chips and padrón peppers. Okay, Pascua Ortega may not be the most industrial interior designer in the world, but this time she has not forgotten the gilded mirrors, the plates on the walls and the mix of chairs of all kinds.
Views of Botines from niMú.
MOM TERE GASTROBAR RESTAURANT
The most clueless will not know that Don Quixote and its 'board' games have passed away. In its place, Mama Tere has put a little more head in the Plaza Mayor, more specifically a giant head of a blue velvet rhinoceros. They drink from the seasonal product and for this San Frolilán they have prepared some Ferrero Rocher blood sausage with fresh cheese and sour apple puree coated in hazelnuts. Here the garlic soups become sophisticated and the wine list is like a kind of ode to the tradition of having an aperitif, or going short as is the style in León. The mango and chicken stick with spicy sauce has quickly become its star tapa.
Goodbye, Quixote. Hello, gastrobar Mama Tere.
BECOOK
“Something has changed here”, they were presented on the sign at the entrance of the Becook restaurant. And that, in León, we all know that it is complicated. A fresh and urban cuisine has arrived unexpectedly And it caught us all by surprise. Anyone who has been could believe that this restaurant is out of the plot line of this report due to its simple and not garish decoration, but David and Mario's cuisine does not need artifice to differentiate itself: with a careful aesthetic that rejects the ordinary and flavors honest accompanied by creative names: “perfect” salmon, Toma pan y moja! in curries etc. You see how yes they are hipster!
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Wagyu burger, cheddar, truffled onion and arugula at Becook.
Has someone said Ferrero Rocher blood sausage?