La Cocineta

Aragonese cooking in the Arrabal

La Cocineta is a family business in Alquézar's Arrabal, the lower part of the town, where the restaurants and the car park are, with no need to climb up to the old town. It makes traditional Aragonese cooking with local, seasonal produce, classic recipes and home-made desserts, and has a broad cellar of local Somontano wines chosen to go with each dish. Its terrace looks onto Alquézar and the Sierra de Guara.

The menu of the day

At midday it serves a menu of the day for €27 per person, VAT included, with bread, water and a bottle of Sommos oak-aged (D. O. Somontano) for every four diners; other drinks are charged separately. The menu is not divisible.

In the version published on its website there are first courses such as Aragonese migas with chorizo, longaniza, mushrooms, egg and grapes; stewed white beans with pork snout, ear, bacon and chorizo; duck and foie cannelloni with porcini sauce, or porcini risotto with a truffle aroma. For the second course, venison stewed in Somontano red wine, crispy oxtail in red wine, low-temperature roast knuckle, cod a la riojana, baked sea bream or grilled pork secreto. With a supplement, beef entrecôte (+€6), ternasco chops with Graus longaniza (+€5) or roast suckling pig (+€5).

The desserts are home-made: cheesecake (which they can adapt to be gluten-free), requesón, flan, apple tart, ice creams and "death by chocolate and Lotus". The allergens for each dish are indicated on the website. The menu changes with the season: take it as a sample of what they do.

Children, dinners and groups

There is a children's menu at €13 up to age 12: spaghetti bolognese, chicken strips or longaniza with chips, dessert and water. In the evening it is à la carte, with meats, vegetables and home-made desserts. For groups, celebrations or organised excursions they prepare special menus.

Booking and getting there

Book on its website or on 974 318 278. It does not publish hours or closing days: call first, especially out of season.

The old town's streets are narrow and steep, so the comfortable thing is to leave the car in the public car parks at the entrance or in the Arrabal. It is a good stop after the Vero walkways or a canyon in the Vero, and before or after the guided visit to the medieval town. If you are looking for another table in the town, see Casa Pardina or the Mesón del Vero.