The Buchannan Food Experience

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Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Don't open a new one, please


Really close to the heart of Zaragoza there's one of the restaurants everyone knows, everybody has at least once eaten, and nobody dislikes it. "El Antiguo Tabernillas" (Inocencio Jimenez) is a well known place among the lawyers, architects, journalists and workers around since 1954; the environment, the food (tapas and some traditional food) and the location have driven to success this restaurant. In 2001 the owner decided to open another restaurant in another centrally situated street (Ponzano St.). The place was more comfortable, with more room between the tables, and I would dare to say, it was more "restaurant" than the old one, which seemed a bit more seedy. However, I still preffered the old one, more typical and as crowed as usual. I'm afraid the prices also helped, as the new place was a bit more expensive, and I usually keep my head above the water.
But (there's always one "but") a new "Tabernillas" has arrived to town.

Located right in the middle of the shopping zone of Zaragoza (Madre Vedruna), this restaurant pretends to be as good as its predecessors, but nothing could be further from the truth. First, it seems it has been opened the following day the old restaurant closed: no repairs have been done, but some painting and two new lamps. It seems they wanted to open really quickly, but with a unwise result. Secondly, the waiters were not qualified enough; it took them like half an hour to come to attend us. But the worse, the really unforgivable fact was the bad food, no other adjective could fit better; too cold, too strong, too vulgar. I ate some deer, a choice of which I would have usually eaten every last crumb, and I couldn't finish it, so heavy it was.
The best choice was my sister's who asked for some typical vegetable only eaten in this region (borraja, borage), although my grandmother would have certainly cooked it better.
Yes, I'm afraid I'm like Mr. Longanice: I preffer good old places to the new.

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Blogger elena said...

Muy acertada esta entrada. Tienes razón, si el primer Tabernillas es, sin duda, uno de los mejores sitios en Zaragoza para tapear, comer o cenar,tanto por la comida, como por el servicio y el ambiente; el segundo no está mal, pero el tercero deja bastante que desear: mal insonorizado, el local hace eco, y el servicio es bastante nefastanto, sobre todo si tenemos en cuenta el precio.

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