Hello sailors!
What is promised is debt. In the last post I told you that I would tell you about several new businesses that have opened in A Coruña for some time now, and here they are! There is a little bit of everything, hospitality shopping and especially very interesting projects created with great enthusiasm by their owners that I hope will go very well.
Manolo Bakes
We start with what seems to be a classic. In my life I had heard about “manolitos”, but when they opened a few months ago in A Coruña everyone knew what they were and wanted to try them. So you know what happened right? What happens every time a new “cool” business opens in our city, which is filled to the brim, so in the first days there were long lines to try their manolitos, which are nothing more than small butter croissants, according to They have more than usual in this type of bun and hence its characteristic flavor.
The manolitos come from Madrid and although I don’t think they are approved as realfood by my beloved Carlos Ríos, they are there to indulge themselves from time to time, in Cantón Pequeno, 22, in a place that they have left super nice. Ideal for your photos, instagramers!
Fight tag
This is one of the really new news that I bring you. Loita tag opened at the end of June in Culleredo, in the Alvedro business park. It is a laser combat circuit, which means that, contrary to what happens with paintball, in this case nothing will hit you when you are shot.
The game is set in an Arab town in the middle of the desert. The props are supposed to represent the narrow alleys and the houses in which to hide, in addition to double height, to surprise the adversary, but from the photos they have in their networks, I do not know how it will be achieved. Although the important thing is the game. So if you like video games or just want to feel like a marine in the Middle East (that’s what they promote) you will like this experience that I, I admit, I have not tried yet.
Regarding the rates, they are 10 euros per hour per person. To start a game there must be a minimum of 6 players, of course you can join people from outside your group until you complete the maximum of 16 people. If what you want is an exclusive experience for you and your friends, then you can opt for a two-hour game (at 18 euros per person) for which they require you to gather a dozen colleagues.
If any of you have already participated in one of these games, please let me know how it was and if it is worth the experience.
Kibus
And we are going with a very cool project of those of which I spoke in the introduction and for which I predict (and wish) a great future. This is Kibus, a company that does the shopping for you in the food market, specifically in the Plaza de Lugo. In a world like today, with impossible schedules (incompatible with the markets) and without time to dedicate to shopping, Kibus comes to save us. His team will choose the best products for you and will even contact you in case of any incident, for example, that the fish you wanted is not left or that the prepared dish that you ordered has been exhausted. Because that is the good thing about shopping in the market, that the product is fresh, of the day and that there will be what is sold that day.
The operation is very simple, you order all your purchase through its website, you can do it by choosing the products or even the market stalls where you want them to be purchased and the “kibusos” will make the purchase for you. Even if you are interested, they attend you through a video call so that you are the one who chooses live. The best thing is that you can select the time slot in which you want it to be delivered, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a margin of two hours and only one from three in the afternoon. Come on, you can make your plans without having to wait for them to ring all day. If you prefer to be the one who picks up the order, do not park your car in the parking lot, they will lower it to the street so that you do not leave it unattended.
The best? At the moment it does not charge commission. As you have heard, the company is in the process of consolidation so it will only cost you the price marked on the products. As a bonus, they try to be as green as possible: all packaging is made from recyclable materials such as cardboard boxes, avoiding plastics. Deliveries are divided between car, bike and even walking, depending on the area, since in addition to A Coruña they also distribute in neighboring municipalities such as Oleiros or Culleredo.
With all these characteristics, it is normal for the one who tries to repeat it, according to what they say from the company that Eduardo Sanjurjo set up and to which I wish a long life. I have not tried it yet and I think I will launch with one of its novelties: take away food. And now with the summer weather they prepare your bag for the beach: omelette, sandwiches, drinks and fruit. Whatever you feel like. There is no excuse not to try it!
With your feet on the ground
The other one of my favorites. Cos pés na terra is one of the first organic and bulk cleaning products stores to open in A Coruña. But not only that, precisely what surprised me the most when I went to meet her is the variety of items they have: cosmetics, food, kitchenware …
And when I say ecological, it is ecological in every way since its owners seek, not only that they be produced in a sustainable way, but also that their packaging and transport be as “green” as possible. For this reason, it is not always easy for them to find suppliers. It was the case of napkins and recycled toilet paper, they existed, but there was no way to get it without plastics. Now they finally sell it. It arrives in bulk in large cardboard boxes and Laura and Patricia themselves make small packages with rope.
And do you know who Laura and Patricia are? The managers of the classic Monte Alto bar Cúrcuma. Some time ago they decided to wrap their heads around their heads, precisely because of their ecological thinking, and leave a successful business to open a very different one. Thus, just over a month ago cos Pés na Terra was born in the Elíptica square in Los Rosales (c / Emilio González López, 51).
They have three premises: first that the product is ecological and of course not tested on animals, then, if it can be, that it be vegan and finally that it be produced in Galicia or Spain. Some of their articles meet all the characteristics, others only one, but they will have no problem telling you. There are toothpastes produced in Galicia, eye contours, reusable compresses, steel bottles that preserve the temperature, reusable bamboo and steel drinking straws … The list is very long, so you better go and discover it for yourself.
It really is a very highly recommended place. I have already made my first purchases and my next objective is detergents for the washing machine, which have all kinds of them and claim to be very effective. Are you up for it?
You will not complain that I do not keep you informed of the news in A Coruña and its area, eh! I only have one left that I have not told you about and it is because I hope to be able to go soon, the Estrella Galicia Museum, Mega, but I am waiting to gather at least eight people so that the entrance costs 10 euros instead of 15. Sincerely , I think that the Hijos de Rivera has gone to the head of alcohol. Am I the only one who thinks it’s a tad expensive?
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Thank you very much and until next time, sailors.
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