Fresh idea for new city tapas bar

A NEW tapas bar in Birmingham is set to offer a small daily menu and then rely on whatever fresh ingredients it sources on the day.

Pintxos will open in former offices in Edmund Street, near Comore Row, this April and seat 40. It will also have alfresco dining for 20 at the back.

The bar is being opened by Urban Rural Leisure group, which also owns Home Cafe Deli in nearby Church Street.

General manager Adrian Pollan, who is from Galicia in northern Spain and has worked in Spain’s foodie mecca San Sebastian, said: “The owners were keen to bring something different to Birmingham. In London there are lots of traditional tapas bars but nothing like this here.

“We wanted to bring the vibrant tapas concept to the city centre serving straightforward, simple and fresh ingredients prepared daily.”

The bar’s head chef also hails from San Sebastian in the Basque Country.

The new restaurant will have a very modest permanent food menu serving just three salads and three bocadillos.

The rest of the dishes will be prepared using whatever fresh ingredients are available on the day.

Customers will be able to buy three plates for £9.

Mr Pollan added: “We are extremely excited to bring a laid back rustic feeling at Pintxos Bar and we feel it will sit perfectly with the current mix of cafes and dining establishments already in the area.”

Pintxos joins a growing Spanish tapas scene in the city which currently includes Amantia in Bennett Hill, Tapas Revolution at Grand Central, El Borracho de Oro in Edgbaston and La Plancha in Moseley.