El Quinto Pino

El Quinto Pino is a Multiregional Spanish tapas bar in Manhattan from chefs Alex Raij and Eder Montero. A gathering place and the perfect place to go for drinks and traditional and signature tapas. Famous for our Uni Panini, our unique menu and off the beaten path wine list celebrating all regions of Spain. Above all, we are inspired by the tapas lifestyle and the ability of the tapas tradition...

Considered by many the city's greatest tapas bar, it's at least home to what might be the city's greatest tapa: a tiny uni sandwich revered by Chelsea gastronomes.

What to Drink: It's hard to go wrong. A glass of sparkling Aria Brut ($9) or of the blended Mestizaje ($10), with tastes of fruit and spice, are both excellent matches.

Alex Raij and Eder Montero, the chef/restaurateur couple behind the ever-popular Txikito, El Quinto Pino, and La Vara, are currently looking to open a fourth restaurant on the Lower East Side. The Lo-Down reports that the duo will appear before Community Board 3 tonight, seeking a full liquor license for the Grand Street space that formerly held Shalom Chai Pizza, one of the neighborhood's last...

CHELSEA · Tickets are now on sale for Txikito's annual Txakoli celebration, Txikifest. The event takes place on May 4 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the restaurant's back alley, and includes Txakoli tastings and bites from Co., Kuma Inn, Cucharamama, and others, as well Txikito's sibling restaurants La Vara and El Quinto Pino. Tickets are $50 per person, and all proceeds benefit Edible Schoolyard....

Little plates "go a long way" at Alex Raij's "tiny", "adorable" Chelsea tapas bar, where the "rich", "gorgeous" Spanish bites – including that "wonderful", "nothing-like-it-on-this-planet" uni panini – pair well with the "solid" wines and "romantic" vibe; despite "limited" bar-style seating, it's a "come-back-to."

[Photo: Will Femia]
Alex Raij and Eder Montero have added an adjacent dining room to their tiny Chelsea tapas spot, El Quinto Pino, and they'll start serving an expanded menu of food and wine there tonight. Raij says they modeled the new space, called El Comedor, after the dining rooms that "live hidden behind the bars of Spain." Unlike the original 400-square-foot bar, the new room has real...

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