Recently, Jessica and I went on a nice day of shopping and perusing the promenade, and she told me that Bar Pintxo started a new happy hour deal, $6.00 for an assortment of 6 tapas and $3.00 for a glass of sangria. Never turning down a great happy hour, I excitedly agreed to check it out. Bar Pintxo sits on the corner of Ocean and Santa Monica, and is an adorable Spanish-inspired cafe that serves tapas, sushi style-- they are displayed in a glass case, and the chef will whip them up as you order them.The menu was decent, they had the following optins: Fresh Tomato and Serrano Jamon on Grilled Bread, Radish, Jicama, Avocado, Cilantro and Lime, Endive Topped With Roquefort Cream, Anchovy and
Walnuts, Fresh Tomato with Manchego Cheese, Jamon Sofrito with Fried Leeks, and Russian Salad with St. Loup.I had a glass of the white sangria, a glass of the red sangria, the Fresh tomato and serrano jamon, radish jicama, avocado, fresh tomato with manchego, and the jamon sofrito. We also shared a croqueta, for the heck of it.
In short, the white sangria is better than the red sangria (rare, I know!), and I thought the menu was de
cent, but not mind blowing. I would have liked to have seen other options that were more savory or higher priced, but I suppose for $6.00, you can't really be too choosy.The olives, however, are to die for.
