If I ever go to Spain: Ultramarinos La Confianza in Huesca

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Apr 5th 2006 @ 10:31PM

ultramarinos la confianza, huesca, spain

I don't know why we do this to ourselves - let ourselves surf the web and read about places we can't yet go, things we can't yet do, foods we can't yet try.

The New York Times' Travel section has a short piece on a small grocery store in Huesca, Spain called Ultramarinos La Confianza. Certainly an article about a grocery store, unless it's Trader Joe's opening in NYC, isn't all that exciting, but the story here is that Ultramarinos La Confianza is possibly Spain's oldest grocery store, built in 1868. It draws customers not only from around Spain, but all of Europe.

It is called a food lover's delight, and rightly so. I'd love to stand in front of its shelves and fill my basket with candied chestnuts, artisanal chocolate, and cheeses made in the local mountains. Could you imagine?!?! I imagine I'd certainly have no problem finding bacalao here to make croquetas.

However, it seems that the small store has been in business for long not for the things it carries, but the people behind the counters running the place for almost five generations - the Sanvicente family.

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Tags: europe, food, food and dirnk, food and wine, spain, spanish, spanish cuisine, spanish food, travel