Where there once existed a wine shop and an Italian restaurant, today we find two carefully tended venues, with an excellent product and an atmosphere that makes you feel at home. As if you were a lifelong neighbor, right in the heart of Prosperidad. Its owners, Alfredo García Rider (Amorro, on López de Hoyos, 147) and Rubén Crespo (Contiento, on Sánchez Pacheco 84), have managed to turn this little corner of the neighborhood into a new spot where you can enjoy the world of wine and Mediterranean cuisine like any other neighbor. It’s easy to spot Rubén sipping a wine at Amorro, and Alfredo doing the same at Contiento’s bar.
Up a little further, climbing López de Hoyos toward Prosperidad square, we find in the area two trendy restaurants such as Ovillo or Tramo. But on this other side of the neighborhood, at its northeastern edge and almost opposite the Alfonso XIII metro, these two venues represent a breath of fresh air, well cared-for and gastro with no posturing or ‘canalleo’.
Two spaces that operate together – at Amorro you can have the aperitif before the meal or dinner at Contiento – or separately. And where good vibes and the passion and kindness of their owners prevail, determined to share and to enjoy.
Amorro, or How to Drink Life to the Full Without Posturing
The Jerez-born Alfredo García Rider, sixth generation of the González Byass family, never planned to follow the family script. Yet fate (and a lineage steeped in fine wine) led him to roam the sector since 2014 as a sales manager and distributor. Today, he pours all that experience into Amorro, a wine shop that has become Prosperidad’s favorite refuge for those seeking wines with soul and gourmet products without impossibly high price tags.
Its petrol-blue façade is just the prelude. Inside, a simple yet elegant interior dominated by a neon that reads ‘Drink life to the full’, inspired by the corner shops of old. And with a street-facing storefront that looks directly at similar venues in major capitals such as London, Paris or New York and that champion decentralization, explains its owner. “We wanted to bring to the neighborhood that spark that seems reserved only for the center. We want to give Prosperidad the weight and prominence it deserves; there’s a lot of life to celebrate here,” explains Alfredo with a laugh.
