Get tasty Galician favourites like octopus, caldo gallego (a soup of potatoes, vegetables and bits of meat/sausage), veal entrecôte or fresh monkfish, seabass or turbot at this popular plaza-side spot. It does a great tortilla de Betanzos (gooey potato omelette) too, and has a long wine list.
Taberna Da Penela
A Coruña
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