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GIJÓN: Ciudadela €€ LEÓN: Restaurante Pablo €€ POSADA DE VALDEÓN:
Tapas Contemporary Spanish Begoña €
C/Capua 7, 33202 Avenida los Cubos 8, 24007 Traditional Spanish
Tel 985 34 77 32 Closed Sun dinner; Tel 987 21 65 62 Plaza La Cortina Concejo s/n, 24915
Mon This restaurant near the cathedral Tel 987 74 05 16
The gourmet tapas and daily is the best bet in the city for A charming country restaurant
specials here are prepared with innovative cuisine. There is just serving large portions of home-
whatever is in season. Try creative one dining option: a €40 taster cooked food. Chickpea stew,
variations of pote Asturiana (a menu featuring 11 small dishes. rice with clams, and roast kid or
hearty stew), or the steak with lamb all appear on the menu,
foie gras and Port wine. LLANES: El Jornu € with crème caramel for dessert.
Seafood
GIJÓN: Los Nogales €€ Carretera Pancar s/n, Pancar, 33500 POTES: Casa Cayo €
Seafood Tel 985 40 16 15 Closed Sun dinner; Traditional Spanish
Camino de la Matona 118, Mon C/Cantabra 6, 39570
Santurio, 33394 Find a fabulous choice of seafood Tel 942 73 01 50 Closed Christmas;
Tel 985 33 63 34 Closed Tue; and shellfish at El Jornu. Don’t Jan
24 Dec–7 Feb miss the delicious signature dish The exposed brick walls and
A family favourite on Sunday of rice with clams, onions and wooden furnishings create a
lunch times, Los Nogales serves parsley. The pick of the starters perfect setting for the rustic
dishes such as seafood paella, are the fresh prawns with garlic. fare on offer – grilled lamb
rice with prawns, and platters of chops, stews and hearty soups.
freshly grilled shellfish and fish. LUANCO: Guernica €€€
Seafood PUENTE VIESGO: El Marqués €€
LAREDO: Casa Felipe € C/La Riba 20, 33440 Seafood
Traditional Spanish Tel 985 88 04 10 Closed Sun– C/Manuel Pérez Mazo, 39670
Travesía de José Antonio III 5, 39770 Thu dinner in winter Tel 942 59 86 94 Closed Mon (not
Tel 942 60 32 12 Closed Mon With views over the bay, this Aug)
This long-established restaurant restaurant by the pier is excellent Grab a table with views of the
has a tapas bar serving traditional for local seafood. If you want to ría at this restaurant specializing
favourites as well as a dining try a bit of everything ask for the in local seafood. The menu
room where you can tuck into parrillada de pescado y marisco features spider crab, lobster,
stews, grilled meat and seafood. (mixed seafood grill plate). clams and more. The adjoining
tapas bar is always lively.
LEÓN: La Poveda € OVIEDO: Casa Conrado €€
Traditional Spanish Traditional Spanish RIBADESELLA: La Parrilla €€
Ramiro Valbuena 9, 24002 C/Argüelles 1, 33003 Seafood
Tel 987 22 71 55 Tel 985 22 39 19 Closed Sun Av Palacio Valdés 27, 33560
This friendly and family-run Classically decorated, this is the Tel 984 24 06 47 Closed Mon
restaurant prides itself on using ideal spot to tuck into traditional This roadside eatery doesn’t look
the freshest local produce. Try dishes such as gazpacho, baked like much from the outside, but
the plump asparagus, followed clams with beans, or octopus with it always draws a big crowd for
by grilled lamb chops with fried caramelized onions and aioli. its heaped plates of fresh local
potatoes, and cheesecake. seafood and charcoal-grilled
OVIEDO: Casa Fermín €€€ meats. There are no prices on the
LEÓN: Bodega Regia €€ Traditional Spanish menu, so ask before ordering.
Traditional Spanish C/San Francisco 8, 33003
C/Regidores 9, 24003 Tel 985 21 64 52 Closed Sun SALINAS (AVILÉS):
Tel 987 21 31 73 Closed Sun Dating back to 1924, this elegant Real Balneario de Salinas €€€
Set in a charming 14th-century place serves modern versions of Seafood
building, this warmly decorated classic recipes. On the menu are Avenida de Juan Sitges 3, 33405
restaurant serves classic Leonesa such delicacies as marinated Tel 985 51 86 13 Closed Sun dinner;
dishes: roast suckling pig, local clams with guacamole, and Mon
black pudding and baked trout. crayfish in broth with bacon. Perfect for a special occasion, this
restaurant earned a Michelin star
for its updated versions of classic
local recipes. Try the whole baked
lobster with orange and saffron,
or the confit of suckling pig.
SAN VICENTE DE LA
BARQUERA: Annua €€€
Contemporary Spanish
Paseo de la Barquera, 39540
Tel 942 71 50 50 Closed Mon; Tue–
Thu & Sun dinner; Nov–mid-Mar
With a stunning waterfront
setting, this Michelin-starred
restaurant offers a magnificent
menu of contemporary creations
such as the distinctive “Message
in a Bottle”, a seafood concoction
Enjoying an alfresco lunch in the centre of Oviedo presented in a bottle.
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