THIS RESTAURANT IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED Casa Vicente

THIS RESTAURANT IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED Casa Vicente Restaurant Review:

Located on the fringes of the ultra-hip downtown scene, this lively restaurant offers tastes from all over Spain courtesy of the owner, who comes from a restaurant family in Avila. The long and varied tapas menu, nightly guitar music and weekend flamenco shows are truly authentic. To keep diners on their toes, a few dishes from Argentina add some interesting options. The large dining room is painted in bright colors with Spanish accents on the wall, hanging from the ceiling and on the tables; it all adds to the festive atmosphere. Every meal starts with patatas bravas, cooked little potato cubes served with ali (Spanish aïoli) and a spicy bravas sauce. Calamares en su tinta are Basque-styled squid served in their own ink. Chorizo a la sidra involves Iberian sausage sautéed in cider. Several Spanish tortillas (omelets) can also be found. The dinner menu presents selections from land and sea. Desserts are all made in house and range from the tarta de chocolate to the traditional peras en vino, pears simmered in wine and accented with cinnamon. The wine list offers plenty of fine Spanish choices, but a glass of port (and there are quite a few from which to choose) is lovely, too.