Two Rioja (the place, not the wine) questions

Poking through various food sites' archives...anyone know if Casa Terete in Haro is still around, and good, and open for lunch?
 
It certainly is, and the roast baby lamb and vegetable dishes are still good - quite an experience in local folklore since 1877, eating at those long communal tables... http://www.terete.es/

Another oldtimer in Haro with good Rioja fare (more refined than Terete, possibly) is Beethoven I (there's also a 2 and a 3), which has been going for almost 70 years. (The founder had the same birthday as Ludwig van, and was a big admirer...) http://www.restaurantebeethoven.com/
 
Thanks. It's strange to me that a place (Terete) that's supposed to be so rustic and folkloric has a slick web site, but I guess that modernity for you.

"More refined," in the context of everywhere else we're dining over the surrounding weeks, is probably a negative at this point, so I think we'll aim at Terete for lunch. But it's in the file for next time, or if Terete is closed/otherwise unavailable.
 
originally posted by Thor:
Thanks. It's strange to me that a place (Terete) that's supposed to be so rustic and folkloric has a slick web site, but I guess that modernity for you.

Katz's Deli syndrome.
 
originally posted by Thor:
It's strange to me that a place (Terete) that's supposed to be so rustic and folkloric has a slick web site, but I guess that modernity for you.
Yes, well... I guess the donkeys, the bumpy dirt roads and the flamenco singers in the streets are not all that common in Spain in 2009.
 
I was hoping for bulls wandering the streets. Guess I can't have everything.

Me, I'm just happy when any given place has an address in a public place. Finding even *phone numbers* for some wineries just across the border was like pulling (very large) teeth. Though admittedly, that country is a decade behind, internet-wise.
 
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