Cathedral of the aperitif of the southern zone and a pudding that makes Berasetegui fall in love

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The warm bustle of a good bar is an embrace of familiarity and flavor, of relief and disconnection.

Joy, in short.

Of moments shared with friends and family.

Without them, without bars like the ones in Las Tejas, the bad times close by were even worse, the escape of the bottle was closed, the elbow to elbow with the friend, the vermouth with dad commenting on football or the latest Ayuso and the lid, those caps.

"The Texas?

The aperitif cathedral of the southern zone », says José Luis, a doorman in a nearby street, while he sweeps away the dense haze of last week.

We are in the Parque de Lisboa, a residential neighborhood of one of the dormitory municipalities that caress Madrid.

Alcorcón, 12 kilometers from Sol, offers highly recommended

corners , in its modern areas (the super restaurant is essential

, in Las Retamas) and in the classics, such as the one that this Asturian inn has triumphed in since 1978. "Two menus to take away and three beers here," asks Marcial, while his brother, Tino, rushes to the dining room to serve tables.

One hundred and odd covers per day are local figures for a big city.

This duo from Cangas del Narcea leads a business that only stops in August, when the streets of the Park are emptied, leaving only its terraces with colored awnings.

The rest of the days of the year, breakfast, lunch and dinner, without stopping the kitchen, which not only stands out for its Asturian dishes, far from it.

The huge lacón that appears at 12 in the morning, breaks into thin slices that fall on the white plates of the aperitif.

The bar of Las Tejas.EM

Before, with the first beer, he touched good ham to embrace the cold Mahou pulled with the precision of the capital's classics, with nothing to envy.

And in the third the aioli arrive, which are for dipping bread.

"Two more here," a customer raises his fingers from the back of the premises.

Regular customers and also new ones who come especially on weekends to the rumor of the good reputation of the bar, which grew to the rhythm of the neighborhood.

With the extra merit of not being in a commercial street, by the way.

Who comes, does it with all the intention.

good cane

From a small place at the end of the 70s, to the current one, with no need other than to pull the extra saving bullet in these last years of pandemic: the terrace.

A couple of tables on the street and little else.

“We close only in confinement.

We went to Erte and then little by little to work, ”says Marcial, who does recognize that the restrictions triggered orders to take home, especially in a neighborhood with a high average age.

The cuttlefish, the bravas, the paella on Thursdays... the dishes come out with the speed that Tino talks about Madrid's feat against PSG.

And his brother responds by evoking Pedri.

The owners' soccer duel spices up the appetizer, the star of Las Tejas, guilty of the appetizer war that is going on in the neighborhood.

His generous dishes (free, as it should be) to accompany the drink grew over the years, encouraging nearby bars to imitate this grateful custom.

On the walls there is a photo of

, who reminds us that the tennis player's parents are residents of Parque de Lisboa, and another dedicated in his own handwriting by

, when he was wearing Ferrari red.

Also framed, a jacket by

, with 12 Michelin stars on his apron, and a declared fan of the Texas pudding.

In the photo of this Cats the reader can appreciate, the dessert that Marcial shows is enormous.

Half flan half pudding.

Despite the demanding menu, there is no escaping it.

"The best in the world," says the famous Basque chef, who fell asleep the afternoon he tried it, with his signature.

The appearance of the circular platform, with that radiant yellow of free-range eggs, is one of the moments of the day in this lively cork bar.

"And the cachopo, don't forget," recalls Tino, about the Asturian dish that has been so successful in Madrid in recent years.

Here it has always been done, of course, although it is now when dozens fly from the kitchen.

You also have to see them, only for the brave.

XXL size, imposing.

DNA.

They opened the tiles in 1978 / Its daily menu stands out, with the cachopo and the pudding as the star, in addition to the generous appetizers / Direction.

Av. del Mayor José Aranda, 49, rear, Alcorcón.

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