since 1998 on this stretch of medano, where the sand is still warm at seven and nobody has ever been asked to hurry.
the first coffee goes out around eight, when the bay is still glass and the boats are just starting to move. by one the tables on the sand are full and nobody is checking the time. the light goes gold around six and the band starts without much of an announcement, and that is usually when people decide to stay for one more.
fish that was in the water this morning, guacamole made at the table, and a michelada worth waiting for.
proper tables set straight onto the sand at the waterline, same kitchen, same service.
the deck faces west, so the whole place turns amber around six and a band sets up.
the fourth of july. fireworks off the water and the one day a year we take the whole beach.
sundays. brunch, and the same expat crowd at the same tables since about 2011.
nfl sundays. every game on, buffet running, september through february.
new year’s eve. dinner, a band, midnight over the bay.
we have been throwing other people’s parties since 1998. bachelor and bachelorette weekends, birthdays that get out of hand, company trips, and dinners at the waterline for people getting married the next day.
couples, families, long lunches, slow mornings, tables on the sand. you are already here.
always fine. reserve for a table on the sand, groups over eight, or an event day.
monday to sunday, eight in the morning to ten at night.
playa el medano, fifteen minutes on foot from the marina. by boat, anchor off the deck.
cash and cards. the per person reservation comes back as food and drinks.