Our Take on Quitapesares
Plaza Padre Jeronimo de Cordoba hides behind Santa Catalina church, on the quiet approach to the Macarena, and Quitapesares has anchored its corner for decades. The name translates as the place that takes away your sorrows. The walls back the claim with flamenco posters, bullfight bills, and Semana Santa relics.
Locals still call it Taberna Peregil. Pepe Peregil, flamenco singer and owner, worked this bar for 40 years until his death in 2012, and his son Alvaro pours there now, a succession Azahar Sevilla Tapas documents with affection.
The house specialties have not moved in half a century: vino de naranja, the local orange wine, and manzanilla sherry with Iberico ham and chicharrones. On Friday and Saturday nights the singing starts on its own schedule.
Reading the Room
It is one small tiled room crowded with memorabilia, with space for barely a dozen drinkers before the doorway becomes the overflow. Devour Tours includes it among Seville's favorite flamenco bars precisely because nothing here is staged for visitors. The performances are casual, unamplified, and unannounced.
The Menu, Edited
Who Shows Up, and When
Lunchtime brings neighborhood regulars on the 12:30 to 4:30 shift; the bar closes, then reopens at 7:30pm for the evening.
Weekend nights mix locals and flamenco pilgrims. When a singer starts, conversation stops without being asked.
The Word on the Street
- Azahar Sevilla Tapas calls it one of the city's most traditional small bars and tells the Peregil story in full.
- Devour Tours picks it among Seville's favorite local flamenco bars.
- Yelp reviewers flag remarkably cheap prices, with sherry under 2 euros a glass.
Go, or Skip
- Flamenco heard shoulder to shoulder with locals
- Sherry drinkers on a tapas-money budget
- Avoid if you need a table, an English menu, or a set showtime
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