Behind La Lonja de la Seda, between San Vicent and Doctor Collado square, bordering the renovated round square, we run curiously through the street Fee, which would already deserve a prominent position on the Valencian street just for housing the oldest store in Valencia, the Iron Pot Shop, with which we begin our journey. Salvador Raga account on the blog <calleshistoricasdevalencia.blogspot.com> that in the neighboring Lope de Vega square the most powerful of medieval officials administered justice in disputes over weights and measures and that those who dared to violate the justice of commerce were exposed to public humiliation on a stone podium placed on the corner of Rights Street and Doctor Collado Square.. And this is where our walk ends., in it Kiosk, old bar, with the windows painted with food and tiles on the walls. Nonetheless, we tried espardenyas third and original fashion made in Valencia with conscience, we tried a few bollets of flavors and we finished with a tuna Tataki at the Tasca Sorolla bar.
IRON POT STORE
— Fee, 4
We begin our walk through the store with the most historical tradition, the oldest in Valencia. The Iron Pot Shop It is a relic of our city that is still in operation after more than 200 years (was founded in 1793 in the Plaza de la Pelota) selling everything except iron pots. They have never done it. Paradoxes of life! It is said that the store was founded by a Frenchman who ended up in the city fleeing the French Revolution., but today it belongs to a family that has been selling Valencian items for four generations. (dressings, tablecloths, combs…), imagery, haberdashery and, on designated dates, the renowned clay nativity scenes of Murcia. Fortunately, everything has remained intact within the trade, both the counters and the wooden loft and the floor are original, so when we cross the threshold of the door we enter fully into the late 18th century to snoop through embroidery, the beautiful model of the store itself, sculptures of saints, embroidery hoops, false hair and pictures of Saint Teresa or the Virgin of Rocío.
CHEZ RAMON
— Fee, 8
The first thing one does when entering Chez Ramón is looking at the ceiling, full of lamps and streetlights that mark the room to the other exit, that ends in the Plaza Redonda itself. In Chez Ramón works with iron, for a long time, so much so that the Chamber of Commerce has recognized them for their centenary career. When you lower your head you may bump into Tiffany lamps., old phones, veletas, horseshoes, cowbells, fireplace accessories and souvenirs. The crisis forced a wall to be dedicated to tourists, where salamanders and butterflies made from metal sheets hang, small and light to fit in your return suitcase. The same family owns the other two attached businesses, On the right a shop dedicated to ceramics and on the left a outlet from Lladró that also has an exit on the street Fee. How could you not have the international Lladró store in the old town of your own city? Well here it is and with discounts 50% about figurines that have some small defect, pure bait for tourists. All lacquered and soft colors and shapes, traditional up say enough: clowns, sevillian, toros, bullfighters, couples in love, children, a nativity scene, The Quijote, a golfer…
WITUKA
— Trench, 10
Electricity It is a very particular brand of t-shirts. Your ecological garments, 100% organic cotton, They are designed by local and international artists who receive a percentage of the profit for each item sold. They also state that all their clothing is made in Portugal., Spain and Bangladesh respecting the environment and the rights and labor laws of each country. All designs are fresh, modern and very original, sometimes with air vintage, almost always winking and eye on popular culture.
THE VALENCIA SHOES
— Fee, 19
We came across the only store in Valencia dedicated exclusively to espadrilles., in operation since 2013. In L'espardenyeria valencian all spardeñas are handmade —made here or in La Rioja— and they collect local tradition to add some fashion touches to all their models.. You can try the espardenya typical for Valencian costumes, but there are also wedges, sandals, baby espadrilles, to go home, warm for winter and even for combine with wedding suits. A store that has innovated with local products to find a more modern version adapted to the times. All espardenyas are a true delight and there is something for all tastes..
KUPKA GALLERY
— Fee, 19
In command of Bath, this beautiful store-gallery that welcomes us with a graffiti of Disneylexya On the façade we find Raúl, a charming Ecuadorian who has his leather workshop right there, where he custom manufactures some 200 bracelet models that combine leather and metal, pockets, wallets, beautiful fanny packs and backpacks. All of this self-made, but also has illustration for sale, t-shirt and jewelry from other designers, socks and wooden puzzles, assembled, They are mechanical gears that put all the machinery into operation. Purchases separately, a Bath You have to go inside because snooping around its decoration is a delight. The ceiling is painted with messages such as “La vita e bella” and the furniture has no waste: an old wardrobe, wooden train rails as shop windows, a ten-meter anaconda skin that comes directly from Ecuador, a flea market display case resting on a cauldron, the interior of an antique piano leaning on the wall (make it sound!), an ancient cage that recreates the shape of the Michael, an animal waterer, lamps made from old pots, an old baby carriage, a shoe sewing machine…
NOISY TASK
— Fee, 27
In the Noise task things take time. But not because they are slow, but because nothing is precooked here, nothing happens for the microwave, The tapas are prepared at the moment and the times are respected. So if you are in a hurry or little patience, this is not your place. In this Cantonera tavern it has been served at the bar for four years, above all, fish of the day bought in the market Central, in MercaValencia or directly from the fishing boat, if we talk about octopus and fish. If the four cuttlefish they bought for the day run out, they end and that's it. So don't complain! But if there are still, You will see how they clean and cook them at the moment so that they go directly from the sea to your mouth. Everything very simple, but of very high quality. You have to try the beach cuttlefish in its ink, the artichokes (in season), tuna tataki, o the cod y the octopus, that begin in cooking but end a the iron. Despite its location, This is a tavern with mainly Spanish clientele., among other things, He tells us Rumors, because foreigners don't like eating at bars at all. Tasca Sorolla is a fresh and simple product, well selected and treated with great hand.
BUCKET
— Fee, 36
Bucket, plus a store, is a sustainable fashion brand made in Valencia. In his burrow on Drets Street he thinks, designs and produces each of the garments on display, this is, timeless design pieces, adjustable, multiposition y themro waste. Besides, They have a careful selection of contemporary jewelry and accessories by Valencian artists or those linked in some way to the city.. They started eight years ago being 100% sustainable and ecological, But for a company as small as yours, it is difficult to strictly follow this philosophy if with aims to offer an affordable price and avoid ending turned into a luxury item only available to the rich. That is why they happily combine the artisan and the industrial in garments where simplicity prevails when it comes to making., natural fabrics (death to polyester!) coming from stocks, and standard colors that result in unusual garments. The ideal place to dress simple, ecological and different.
CHOCOLATES & VERO
— Fee, 38
Guillermo is the Willy Wonka of Choco chocolates & Vero and belongs to a chocolate family that is dedicated to the matter in Swedish from 1823. Here the king is the bun traditional valencian, known as “cooking chocolate” in the rest of Spain, that here we do not dilute, At most we leave it in the sun for a minute so that that earthy cylinder-like texture that we eat in bites softens.. It is handcrafted from cocoa, sugar and rice flour, which in addition to not containing gluten, It has the advantage that it does not add any extra flavor to the chocolate. Athe margin of the traditional vanilla, they also do bollets with flavors, in fact, They are the only ones who dare to innovate in this field, without leaving aside the traditional recipe. You can find them made of coconut, nougat, of coffee… even from cassalla! Y there is much more. Another variant is to have the chocolate in paella. What are you getting married? Well, you order a large white chocolate paella to be made live for you. (rice substitute) and you throw the thousand-story cake in the trash. In Xoco chocolates & Vero you can also order a chocolate tasting for groups and buy cocoa powder for your sweetest recipes, dried berries that guard the cocoa beans (always in even number) and carob chocolate, the natural cocoa substitute, so sweet that you don't even need to add sugar. The curious thing is that, the more the carob tree suffers from lack of water, sweeter is left over its fruit. Try it and compare.
BACCO D.O.C.
— Fee, 29
Si os asomás a Bacchus D.O.C., the decoration will leave you speechless for what kitsch of the matter. Lhe atmosphere that is breathed inside this restaurant is most surreal because its former Italian owners recreated a dark cave with rough walls with monstrous beings embedded and a tessellated floor.. It's worth showing your head, navigatechannel between fascination and disgust. Regarding the letter, fusion of Italian and Spanish cuisine to the delight of tourists.
BAR EL KIOSKO
— Fee, 38
Of, of… that is very hackneyed “bar of a lifetime”. But he Kiosk it is. Serves tapas and sandwiches on the street corner Fee with Doctor Collado square from 1969, which means that this year celebrates fifty years of activity. Before, is bar was one kiosk beautiful located right in the middle of the square with a huge canvas tent next to it that protected the tables and chairs where customers were served from the heat and rain, but in 1969 The Valencia City Council decided to demolish it and the kiosk had to be converted into a regular bar that does not forget its origins. The name is proof of this., also the old photo that hangs on the wall where we can see what it was like the structure primevala, so of the time. Pili inherited the business from his father and, although two years ago they had to undertake a great reform, they have achieved restore the place without losing what makes it authentic. Mainly, Manises tiles, hand painted one by one 1980 with Valencian motifs (tents, orange trees…) in the ceramic workshop of Julián Vilar Esteve. An inscription records thise made next to the door which gives the bar. Everything else—tables, vintage chairs, fans (that coexist with air conditioning) and exquisite lamps—it is very new. ¿Y of the food what? Well, traditional sandwiches and tapas cooked with food bought in the market Central, daily menu and Valencian paella every day. There are three recommendations: hOh, try the salted cod., in the form of cod meatballs, grilled cuttlefish and Roman cuttlefish sandwich. In it Kiosk You can breathe the authenticity of a bar that has not wanted to lose its essence and has managed to maintain the warmth of its usual customers., some, of the towns around they came to buy al market Central and they dropped by here for lunch. He Kiosk won in 2016 the prize Cocoa d’Or delivered every year to various locations in the Community Valencian where the best is served breakfast.
