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Company Name:	La Garganta Restaurant
Business Type:	Restaurant
Proprietor(s):	Maggie and Elio Howard
Address:	Bda. del Chorro
	29552 Alora

Telephone 1:	952 495 043
Telephone 2:	679 010 026
E-mail:	N/A
Website:	N/A

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La Garganta Restaurant

La Garganta restaurant in the beautiful area of El Chorro is now under new management.

English couple Tony & Peggy Kennedy have taken over the management and are working hard to bring a more cosmopolitan feel to this already successful Spanish restaurant. They are gradually introducing a new menu so along side the traditional Spanish dishes such as Rabbit & Chorizo in wine and Paella, you will also find Hungarian Goulash and Filete De stroganoff.

There is now a Menu del Dia, a delicious 3 course meal with a drink for only 8.50€.

From 2pm until 7pm there will be a snack menu available with all the old favorites such as Chilli Con Carne, Steak & Kidney Pie, Lasagna and several types of burgers. There is also an extensive choice of Tapas. If you can’t find anything to suit on the menu, just ask and if possible they will find you what you want. Of course who could forget dessert, there is a dessert trolley to make your eyes water. All home made, choose from delicious Sticky Toffee Pudding, Light Profiteroles, Yummy Fruit Crumble, or Nan’s Apple Pie and Custard.

Or for the gourmets amongst you, try the a la carte menu in the new Candlelight Room where such delights as Steak Diane and Chicken Digonaise, will be served. Delicious fish dishes such as Swordfish, trout or Langoustines cooked to perfection and again the dessert trolley, here you will find such delicacies as Mango Mille Fueille and Hazlenut Torte. Fresh seasonal vegetables will accompany all main dishes.

La Garganta carry an extensive wine list from the good quality house wine at 12.50€ per bottle to such wines as Pesquera Reserva at 50€ per bottle to please the most discerning wine buffs amongst you. La Garganta now also have a cocktail menu and speciality coffees.The new staff are trained to make you welcome and your dining experience a pleasant one.

In the more clement weather there are four terraces to choose from, where the views will take your breath away. El Chorro is famous the world over for it’s mountains and 300m gorge. Watch eagles soar past, there is a peaceful stillness in El Chorro, which seems to wend it’s way into your heart and soul. The native Spanish here are most welcoming to foreigners, the problem is if you come here you may never want to leave!!.

Attached to La Garganta restaurant is the beautiful hotel La Garganta, where you may like to book one of the delightfully styled rooms and enjoy a few days exploring the area and this fascinating tiny village where Frank Sinatra filmed the final scenes of the film Von Ryan’s Express. According to village gossip he drank in the bar La Garganta years before it became a restaurant and the owner of the now Hotel La Garganta, Fernando, who as a boy, used to deliver water and food up the mountain on a donkey to the stars and crew whilst they were filming. Rooms start from 50€ a night for a double. Or really push the boat out and stay in the deluxe rooms with double Jacuzzis at 150€ per night.

Around the gorge you will find what remains of the Camino Del Rey (the Kings walk). This was built for the crew who worked on the dam, to walk from one side to the other. In 1921 king Alfonso XIII used it to walk around the gorge and view it in all it’s glory, when he came to open the dam system known as Embalse del Conde de Guadalhorce at the Ardales lakes, only a ten minute drive away. These lakes will amaze you, formed to supply the city of Malaga with a water supply in 1920, they have brought to the area a tranquil setting to envy the lakes of Cumbria in England. The cool clear water is a joy to swim in. So bring your swimsuits and book a night for dinner and a stay over at the beautiful hotel La Garganta and experience the peace and quiet of the Spanish mountains.

Keep an eye out for the many special dining experiences planned throughout the year, which will be advertised in this magazine.