El Ferroviario Cider House

On calle Gascona since 1951

When calle Gascona was not yet the cider boulevard, El Ferroviario opened here, beside the old El Vasco station, the first cider house on the street. It is more than seventy years old, has a renewed look and defines itself as a chigre-espicheru: a place for espichas, Asturian eating on your feet, with cider you can serve yourself from the barrel. It has a bar area, a dining room upstairs and another downstairs, with room for around a hundred people.

What to order

Asturian cider-house cooking with some flair: fried black monkfish (pixín) with citrus mayonnaise, oven-roasted pork ribs with their tomato sauce, corn cakes with vegetables and xata roxa, wok vegetables with Asturcelta pork or cuts of grilled Iberian pork. Spanish omelette to share, a board of Asturian cheeses and, for dessert, smoked Pría cheese tart with white chocolate or baked apples. The cider comes from several areas: Siero, Gijón, Nava and Villaviciosa.

When to go

The place opens Tuesday to Sunday from 12:00 and closes on Monday. The kitchen serves from 13:00 to 16:00 and from 20:00 to 23:30, until midnight on Fridays, Saturdays and the eves of public holidays. It opens on Sunday at midday and in the evening, so it works for a Sunday lunch in Oviedo. Book on 985 225 215.

Getting there

It is at number 5 Gascona, the street of the cider houses, five minutes on foot from the cathedral going down calle Jovellanos or from calle Uría. The centre is pedestrianised: if you arrive by car, leave it in a public car park and walk.