A no-frills old-town canteen that has been ladling out traditional Basque and Riojan stews from earthenware cazuelas for generations. The counter is lined with steaming clay pots — tripe, snails, squid in its ink, salt cod — and you order by pointing at what looks good. It is one of the most honest, unchanged eating rooms left in the Casco Viejo.
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Casco Viejo, Bilbao
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Point at the cazuelas — the callos (tripe), the caracoles (snails), and the chipirones en su tinta (squid in ink) are the classics. Cheap, rib-sticking, and authentic.
Lunch, when the full range of cazuelas is bubbling on the counter. It's a midday institution more than a dinner spot.
On Calle Perro in the heart of the Siete Calles. Old-school and informal — you order by pointing at the clay pots on the counter. Cash-friendly and unpretentious; come for tradition, not refinement.