Watered by the Favara irrigation canal, Plaça de Patraix was and is the heart of the incessant beating of the neighborhood that first belonged to a Muslim agricultural unit and later became a barony, and then become, after the abolition of the liberal state in 1811, in an independent town of the city of Valencia. Until 1870 maintained this condition, and proof of this is the great personality of its streets, people and business, many of them with more history than some countries in the world. The chimes of the Sacred Heart church take your memory back in time and you can almost see it in black and white when walking through the square on a sunny afternoon.. The children run, the neighbors they will chat, and it even seems that the birds chirp more gracefully, and in valencia. “It's like a village”, they say, and in a resurgence of this traditional neighborhood, that one day it was more of a garden than anything, The patraixeras and patraixeros proudly remember emblematic streets such as La particular, so called because it all belonged to the same family, the same one that bought the oven from The Widow, the same one that remains open today under the command of the Compañ family (torna-li, what is with ñ, what the!); baking family of three generations and with a genre of unmissable tasting. Is there hunger?
BAR PATRIX
– Patraix Square, 12
Juan Carlos and Justo, brothers with blood from Cuenca and El Rincón de Ademuz, They have run the oldest bar in the square for twenty years, he of all life. Entering there is experiencing a regression in history and sharing space with customers who practically live in the bar., and very happy. Enjoying a menu of the day will cost you eight euros (the prices are also from the past), Their toasts are famous and they have a super terrace that is packed all year round.. Marisol is in charge of the kitchen., who is also Justo's wife and Juan Carlos's sister-in-law, and everything stays in the family, as family is the treatment. If you go at night make a reservation or you will be left wanting to try the best grilled squid in the world.
THE DANCE WORKSHOP
– Patraix Square, 17
We continue walking through the square and find a beautiful dance studio created with enthusiasm by Laura, a young dancer from Patraix who shares her passion with children and adults after having lived her professional adventures in the capi. his mother, Marisol (Federico's granddaughter, the carpenter from the old school on the street of the illustrated Juan Bautista Corachán), serve with a smile, while Laura manages and teaches with love and dedication. A little bird told us that Nuri, a neighborhood mom, She has been carrying her daughter Lluna for a year and the little one is happier than ever.. They take their dance groups out to dance in the square several times a year, demonstrating to the city that the neighborhood brings music to the streets, and they treat the students with a love that goes beyond the premises.. Regulated dance, modern, urban… there is no excuse, let's dance!
UNCLE BLAS
– Cartoonist Manuel Gago, 4-B
Super young and super enterprising, Blai Calero has been 2013 bringing all kinds of select products to the neighborhood, y sobre todo locales, which is even cooler. When you enter you skid in a puddle of saliva, yours of course, pues el aroma a quesos artesanos y embutidos locales hace trabajar a las glándulas a velocidad de rally. Good service and family treatment are its hallmark. Can you leave there without a cheese from Los Pedrones? (Requena) and a Valencian and artisan vermouth? We have not achieved it. We also know about a good red wine that now plans to create a corner to taste its products right there and have the tapa and the chato. Blah, we are going to put you on a pedestal.
ORTIZ CRAFTSMANSHIP
– Convent of Jesus, 13
Sergio Ortiz brought his father's profession to the neighborhood eighteen years ago, but the tradition has been in his family for more than fifty. Goldsmith's son, remembers his childhood among chisels, Valencian combs and dressings. Art is inherited and Sergio works with dedication because he is passionate about designing and chiseling unique pieces with his hands., recover his father's designs or create from drawings that his clients bring him. While her son runs around the workshop among bridal accessories and other beauties, He wonders if the little one will continue with the business. Nobody knows, but breathing craftsmanship for so many years today is already a gift. Your identity sign: “the craftsmanship is not perfect”. Marvelous. his father, Francisco, can be very proud.
COMPANY OVEN
– Convent of Jesus, 17
From hair dressings to belly accessories. Pepe Compañ is the third generation of bakers and he continues in the same oven that belonged to the barony of Patraix and that was purchased by the previous owners from the baron for the incredible amount of five hundred pesetas., more than a hundred years ago? a fortune, Listen! Before her family took over the legacy it was The Widow's Oven, and supplied the church and the entire neighborhood. That must not have changed much., we attest, because Pepe's sympathy, patraixero with all my heart, and his wife Amparo are the icing on each of his cakes. Among its most precious delicacies are the muffins, the anise rolls (great-grandmother's recipe), the empanadas (father's recipe) and the marzipan, who have won several guild awards. Everything is made there in an artisanal way and with the basic and main ingredient: the affection.
L’ALQUERIA DE MARA
– Alcudia, 2
This beautiful family farm from the 19th century was the Pepe Martínez furniture factory and store for many years and has survived all the changes in the neighborhood thanks to Mara Martínez, daughter of Pepe and brave entrepreneur. Today this enormous space, converted into coworking for four more businesses run by women, remains impressive and wonderful, What is Mara like?. In addition to its comprehensive decoration business, There they continue to manufacture furniture in an artisanal way with a lot of work and exquisiteness on the part of José Monteagudo, Pepito for everyone, the carpenter who already worked with his father. But also, the Alquería de Mara offers workshops, art exhibitions, concerts and rent your space for events, when it doesn't organize parties like the summer one that is coming up on the weekend of 2 y 3 of June. The concept of a shopping gallery that you have in your head will transform into something close and familiar., local, artisan and very pretty, what do you want??
EL CRESOL BOOKSTORE
– Humanist Mariner, 5
Augustine, Aragonese, and Germana, basin, They arrived in Patraix thirty-four years ago, when the neighborhood was in total expansion, and they started this family bookstore. The Cresol, This was the name of the absolutely transgressive regional dance club for the time where the couple joined., and hence the name. The founder's gray mustache is famous in the neighborhood and it is easy to spot him behind the counter, although his son Nacho has been the one who has taken the baton for eight years.; and in what way. The new generation promotes direct and close communication, both in person and via social networks., Nacho's restlessness is unstoppable: charlas, Book Fair, reading club, presentations, cuentacuentos en inglés… A todo esto se suma que es presidente de la asociación de comerciantes de Patraix y está metido en todos los fregados, especially those that have pages in between. Its main objective is to create readers and its secret, the recommendations you give to your clients. We did not see princess stories on their shelves but rather universal proposals such as The Little Prince. Viva.
COME ON MI
– Salabert, 24
Once upon a time there was a South Korean family that came to our city and set out to bring their delicate and varied cuisine to the palates of Valencians., more specifically to the lucky ones from Patraix. One day we went to try, let's see what happens, and a series of exquisite dishes began to follow., cooked with all the Korean grace and very, very exotic. We tried their bibimbap, a dish of rice with egg and vegetables that is special, their Korean barbecue and their kimchi, Fermented cabbage with a million healthy properties (and a bit of spice). Everything is wonderful. We wash it down with beer imported from a place with an unpronounceable name, owner's smiles, which some call the love-woman, and all at a somewhat high price for what we are used to. And it seems that they do not buy at Consum. ¡Kamsahamni coma for existing! Patraix mola, and how!
