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| - It has been about two years since our last visit, not because we did not like it but because we are normally not in the area. Thankfully, our friends live nearby and I had been craving tapas and sangria for a while. It is a tiny place (formerly a cigar shop) with a long communal table and a tiny espresso bar in the back. Just like our first visit, the moment you walk in you definitely get a cool, neighborly vibe.
It was around 7:30pm and we had about a 20 minute wait, which was not bad since we were able to hang out in the back with our drinks.
We had an order of 1) chickpeas and wilted spinach (the broth that it is cooked in is very flavorful) 2) serrano ham with manchego and mahon cheese (my toes are curling with pleasure) 3) the filet (cooked to a nice juicy pink) 4) shrimp with garlic (the hands down favorite) 5) sautee'd portobello mushrooms (very good) and 6) the daily special of quince paste atop manchego cheese (good, but nothing "special").
In addition to the food, we all had one drink each, plus two pitchers of sangria (the best I have had in the Valley, I think), a coffee and two of their daily desserts (which was pot de creme). For five people, it ended up being $34/person before tip.
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