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Casa El Pisto has stood on Plaza de San Miguel in Córdoba since 1880, a bullfighting taberna where the pisto with a fried egg is the house test.
OrderPisto casero con huevo, the plate that gave the taberna its nickname.
TipThe operator lists lunchtime hours only, so treat this as a midday stop rather than a dinner plan.
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Casa El Pisto has stood on Plaza de San Miguel in Córdoba since 1880, a bullfighting taberna where the pisto with a fried egg is the house test.
OrderPisto casero con huevo, the plate that gave the taberna its nickname.
TipThe operator lists lunchtime hours only, so treat this as a midday stop rather than a dinner plan.
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Taberna La Montillana has traded on Calle San Álvaro in Córdoba since 1948, bull heads on the walls and Montilla-Moriles wines behind the bar.
OrderMazamorra, the almond purée that predates salmorejo in this city.
TipThe kitchen rotates a recommendation board, so read it before ordering off the printed carta.
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Taberna Góngora is the family taberna on Conde de Torres Cabrera in Córdoba, adapting most of its carta for coeliacs on a separate chickpea-flour fryer.
OrderRabo de toro, then boquerones, both at taberna prices.
TipIt closes Tuesday and Sunday, an awkward pair that catches out anyone planning a long weekend.
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Taberna La Montillana has traded on Calle San Álvaro in Córdoba since 1948, bull heads on the walls and Montilla-Moriles wines behind the bar.
OrderMazamorra, the almond purée that predates salmorejo in this city.
TipThe kitchen rotates a recommendation board, so read it before ordering off the printed carta.
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Barra y Mesa is a small wooden-counter taberna in central Córdoba pouring Montilla-Moriles beside salmorejo, flamenquín and slow-cooked rabo de toro.
OrderRabo de toro, cooked down until the meat leaves the bone on its own.
TipIt closes on Sunday and serves dinner Wednesday to Saturday only, and the room is small enough that a booking matters.
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Ermita de la Candelaria cooks inside a converted hermitage in Córdoba, almond-sauce meatballs and honeyed aubergine under a Sol from the Repsol guide.
OrderThe albóndigas in almond sauce, a direct descendant of the Andalusi kitchen.
TipThe building is a former chapel, so tables are few; book a midweek lunch if you want the easiest table.
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La Taberna de Almodóvar pours fino en rama over a wooden bar in central Córdoba, with salmorejo and flamenquín run as the everyday counter order.
OrderSalmorejo first, then the flamenquín, in that order and no other.
TipSunday is lunch only, and the kitchen shuts firmly at 16:30 before the evening service.
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Taberna La Fuenseca sits on Calle Juan Rufo in Córdoba, a wooden-bar house on the city's historic-taberna register pouring fino en rama by the copa.
OrderFino en rama, poured cold, with whatever is on the tapa board.
TipThe kitchen stops at 23:00 and the place shuts Mondays, so it is an early-evening rather than late stop.
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La Taberna de Almodóvar pours fino en rama over a wooden bar in central Córdoba, with salmorejo and flamenquín run as the everyday counter order.
OrderSalmorejo first, then the flamenquín, in that order and no other.
TipSunday is lunch only, and the kitchen shuts firmly at 16:30 before the evening service.
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La Taberna de Trasmallo has worked Avenida Doctor Fleming in Córdoba since 2009, a wooden-bar room pouring fino en rama beside the city's standards.
OrderFlamenquín with a copa of fino en rama alongside.
TipIt runs straight through from midday, which makes it useful in the dead hours when tabernas shut.