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      “Calle Laural”, Logrono, La Rioja.

      La Calle del Laurel (known as Calle Laurel) is one of the streets of the old town of Logroño (La Rioja, Spain), famous for being a typical place for tapas in the city. Location. The street is located in the historic center of the city, near the Paseo del Espolón and the Co-cathedral. It can be accessed from the streets Capitán Gallarza, Albornoz and Travesía del Laurel. History. This street runs parallel to the nearby Bretón de los Herreros Street, where the old walls of Logroño were built until their demolition in 1862. From that date on, the adjoining houses were rebuilt, which today form the current Laurel Street. Until the end of the 19th century, this street did not have access to Bretón de los Herreros, so the neighbors had to take a long walk to reach it. On May 11, 1878, the demolition of the building that today would be in the Laurel crossing was declared “of public utility” thanks to the complaints of the neighbors, so the street finally had access to the Bretón de los Herreros Wall. Thanks to this demolition, the oldest bar in Logroño emerged, the Blanco y Negro, which today is still one of the street’s landmarks. Hospitality and gastronomy. In the little more than 200 meters that form this street and its surroundings are established more than 65 bars and restaurants, all of them offering different tapas, better known in La Rioja and other areas of northern Spain as pinchos. Unlike other gastronomic areas in the surrounding area, the custom is that each bar offers one or two specialties, from the most typical such as mushroom, mushroom, pincho moruno, tortilla de patatas, embuchados, pork ear or patatas bravas, to others with their own name such as “matrimonio”, “cojonudo”, “rotos”, “tío Agus”, “zorropito” or “triskel”, always accompanied by the wine of the region: rioja. Curiosities. The “pinchos” area made up of this street, the nearby streets of Albornoz, San Agustín and Travesía del Laurel, and the neighboring Calle San Juan, is popularly known as “the elephant path”, since it is said that everyone who enters comes out with a trunk and on all fours. There is a booklet with this title published by the tourist office describing the area’s hotel and catering establishments.

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