THE POSTCARD. Dances, 3 // Brokerage, 4
PRECIOSEA. Cirilo Amorós, 29
THE CRYING BOY. Russafa, 58
The most uncertain Christmas of our lives is coming, We don't know many things but at AU we remain convinced that, if you have to buy, You have to do it in neighborhood stores to support local commerce. This year we propose three more spread throughout the city that will join Bugalú, The Chair and Place, which we told you about last year. This time you will find them behind the market, in the surroundings of the Colón Market and on Russafa Street. David and Adolfo opened THE POSTCARD in March 2019, a beautiful store in the historic center to unearth the rancid that permeates the typical souvenir with quality products and great taste. David is an illustrator, His are the colorful designs printed on postcards (that can be sent there), fans and aprons for souvenirs with typically Valencian images: the Serranos Towers, falleras, oranges, the micalet, the Turia garden, the urban plot of the city, the Albufera, the modernist facades of Cabanyal or the grandmother cooking paella for the grandchildren. On the other hand, They sell delicious independent Spanish crafts, the ceramics of the Japanese settled in Valencia Takashi Matsuo, the anthropomorphic pots of Argentina (also settled in the city) Flora Veiga, handmade methacrylate earrings Mitumi or the spectacular paper animals to assemble at home from the Barcelona company I fold.
The latest proposal is a crab that is quickly and easily assembled without the need for glue, a marvel! PRECIOSEA was born five years ago in Plaza Doctor Collado and, now, very close to the Columbus Marking, offers products from small leading brands on Instagram that do not have a physical store, that is to say, It is the store for those who do not trust online shopping or who need to feel around before deciding. Gold plated jewelry Maria Pascual, handmade wooden toys from the German brand Grimm’s, chocolates from Utopick, baby bags Baby Bites, diaries lined with floral fabric Rifle Paper Co., socks UO designed in Valencia, illustrations of Alba Solaz or maxi earrings Papiroga.
And since a good bottle of wine is never a bad gift, We recommend that you take a look around THE CRYING BOY, a traditional grocery store of which there are few left. It was founded by Mateo at the beginning of the 20th century as Cafés del Naguabo, name by which the brand of coffee and chocolate of which he was a distributor was known. Their promotional poster featured a child with an adult's face crying because he had dropped the chocolate., hence the neighbors began to call the place “la llagrimeta”, “the crying child” or “the crying child”, and that's how it stayed. Mateo Sr. sold, above all, dried fruits, legumes and cookies, Mateo Jr., who today serves behind the bar, has incorporated the winery, the delicatessen and a good assortment of products that make you salivate: various jams (fig, pear, bitter orange, blueberries with vanilla and port…), caramelized tomato, truffled goose mousse, cakes sweet potato, quality olive oil, Mistela de Teulada, vermouth Perucchi, glazed pumpkin, Tartana rice beer or Samare preserved eel in garlic and pepper. If this is not a good gift... And one last recommendation for gift hunters. like every year, PROA Artisans plant their CRAFT MARKET in it Columbus Market during the holidays [12/12-5/1], this time outdoors and with only seven seats, more than enough to find a special detail handmade in Valencia. AU
