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AndalusianJuderia
El Churrasco has grilled Iberian pork over oak charcoal on Calle Romero since 1970, its churrasco cordobés arriving with red and green Arab sauces.
OrderThe churrasco cordobés, grilled pork loin with the house red and green sauces.
TipThe house occupies a fourteenth-century Judería building; ask for a table around the patio rather than the front rooms.
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AndalusianJuderia
El Caballo Rojo cooks the Mozarabic register of Córdoba a few steps from the Mezquita, a tapas bar below and dining rooms above on Cardenal Herrero.
OrderWhatever leans Mozarabic on the day's carta; this kitchen built its name on that revival.
TipIt is steps from the Patio de los Naranjos, so book ahead for lunch; the bar takes walk-ins that the dining rooms cannot.
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Spanish tapasJuderia
Bodegas Mezquita keeps its Céspedes kitchen open all day at the foot of the Mezquita, plating salmorejo, caliphal aubergines and Pedroches oxtail.
OrderBerenjenas califales, aubergines sauteed in Pedro Ximénez.
TipThe kitchen runs straight through from 12:30 to 23:30, which makes this the Judería fallback when everything else is between services.
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Spanish
El Envero cooks contemporary seasonal food out on Calle Teruel with a wine list renewed as often as the menu, a locals' room away from the Judería.
OrderThe daily suggestions; the carta itself changes twice a year with the seasons.
TipIt sits in a residential quarter north of the centre, so pair it with an evening walk along the Vial Norte rather than the monument circuit.
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AndalusianJuderia
Casa Palacio Bandolero fills a sixteenth-century palace facing the Mezquita, cooking white gazpacho, salmorejo and artichokes in Moriles wine.
OrderAlcachofas al Moriles, artichokes braised in the local wine.
TipThe two patios are the reason to come; on a summer night ask for the terrace beside the Mezquita entrance rather than an interior salon.
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Tasting menuPoniente
Terra Olea is chef Paco Villar's tasting-menu room in northwest Córdoba, three seasonal menus, Flos to Terra Olea, reading the province through its larder.
OrderCibarium, the middle menu, is the sensible first visit before committing to the full Terra Olea.
TipSole Torres runs the dining room; dinner is Friday and Saturday only, so any other day means the 14:00 lunch seating.