Álvaro Contreras
Eating Granada, one free tapa at a time
Based in Granada, Spain.
Álvaro grew up in the Realejo and writes about the tabernas that still send a free tapa with every caña. He tracks the Saturday stalls at Mercado San Agustín and the wood-fired bakeries tucked under the Albaicín.
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