Pablo Iglesias opens a tavern in Lavapiés: Fidel Mojito, Mandela Zulú or Ché daiquiri, the star cocktails

After leaving politics in May 2021 due to the electoral debacle in Madrid, Pablo Iglesias now opens new paths. With the poet Sebastian Fiorilli and the singer-songwriter Carlos Avila is about to open a bar less than 10 minutes walk from Puerta del Sol. It is also close to the Congress of Deputies, so a politician may stop by the establishment to order a beer and a tapa afterwards. of the sessions.

This is how he advances it The vanguardwhich also names this business venture of Irene Montero’s husband: Garibaldi tavern, in honor of the Italian Garibaldi Brigade, which participated in the Spanish Civil War in defense of the Second Republic.

The opening of the store, located at number 8 Ave María Street in the central Lavapiés neighborhood, will take place next Tuesday. Some dishes on the menu are already known. For starters we find proposals such as salmorejo partisano or provolone dei campagni. Among the main dishes, spaghetti putanesca and tacos al pastor. They will also have toasts and sandwiches. There is also no shortage of desserts such as florilli flan or dulce de leche ice cream.

“Taverns are the only bastion of the freedom of the proletariat,” reads the restaurant’s letter, referring to a quote from the philosopher Karl Kautsky. As for drinks, the menu is full of cocktails such as Fidel Mojito, Pasionaria Puerto de Valencia, Mandela Zulú, Ludimila Vodka, Evita Martini or Ché daiquiri. Also beers such as the one originally from Málaga (Victoria), the Turia from Valencia or the one from Donosti (Keler).

In the Iglesias establishment, which was registered just a month ago with a social asset of 3,100 euros in the Madrid Mercantile Registry, cultural meetings such as book presentations, poetry recitals or small acoustic concerts are also planned to be held. .

The former second vice president of the Government and former Minister of Social Rights left the Government in March 2021 to run in the Madrid elections. “He left all my positions. He left politics, understood as party and institutional politics,” he said when he lost the regional elections. After leaving politics he focused on other professional tasks. He is director of Canal Red (online television network) and Associate Professor of Political Science at the Complutense. In the summer of last year, SER canceled his talk on Hour 25. In that space, Iglesias shared a table with José Manuel García-Margallo (PP) and Carmen Calvo (PSOE).