Gastronomy · Córdoba

Taberna Salinas

Old Córdoba tavern near the Plaza de la Corredera, trading since 1879 and run by the Salinas family since 1924, with a glazed patio, Montilla-Moriles casks and classic Cordoban raciones.

About Taberna Salinas

The house dates its trade on Calle Tundidores to 1879; the city tourist board says Francisco de Paula Salinas took over the older wine shop in 1924, the year painted on the sign. The original cellar survives, with the piquera (a hatch once used to sell wine to take away), a red marble counter, eleven Montilla-Moriles casks and a glass-roofed patio with marble tables. Pío Baroja, Ortega y Gasset and Camilo José Cela drank here, and it holds a Guía Repsol Solete.

The menu is a catalogue of Cordoban home cooking: naranjas picás (chopped orange with olive oil and salt cod), salmorejo, espinacas con garbanzos (spinach with chickpeas), sangre encebollada (blood with onions), chickpea stew with pig's trotters, fried aubergines with cane honey and rabo de toro (oxtail stew). Fino, amontillado and oloroso from Montilla-Moriles are poured by the glass.

It opens Monday to Friday 12:30-16:00 and 20:00-23:30, Saturday 12:30-16:00, and closes on Sundays. Raciones cost roughly €7-12 and a meal with wine about €20-30 per person (2026, approximate). Tables can be booked by phone; the patio is the best place to sit. It suits anyone wanting plain local food at moderate prices.

Arrive at 13:30 for lunch or soon after 20:00 for dinner, as tables fill once local meal times start. Salmorejo and naranjas picás are best in warm months, stews in winter. Saturday evening and Sunday are closed, so plan a weekday dinner.

Taberna Salinas in pictures

Whitewashed patio with arches, plants and laid tables inside Taberna Salinas, Córdoba

Plates of Córdoba tapas and stews on a checked tablecloth at Taberna Salinas, Córdoba

What you’ll find

Ham and charcuterieHam and cured meatsBuy
Historic interiorHistoric premisesFree
Michelin or RepsolGuide recognitionFree
RacionesSharing plates (€7–€12, 12:30–23:30)Buy
ReservationsTable bookingBook
Sherry and wineWines by the glass (€2–€4)Buy
Signature dishHouse speciality (€7–€12)Buy
Standing barBar counterFree
TapasTapas at the barBuy
Vegetarian optionsVegetarian dishesBuy

Nearby places to visit

The tavern sits in the lanes just east of the Mercado de la Corredera (150 m), whose arcaded square holds the city food market. Within a short walk are the Córdoba Archaeological Museum (300 m), in a Renaissance palace above the remains of the Roman theatre, and the Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba (300 m) on Plaza del Potro. Two more historic dining rooms are close by: Bodegas Campos (350 m), founded as a winery in 1908, and Casa El Pisto (350 m) on Plaza de San Miguel. The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba is 600 m to the south-west.