Pintxo

Generous portions of meats, cheeses, fish, seafood and tapenades piled on to chunks of bread speared with a toothpick – hence the name pintxo, which means spike. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Every now and then one of the staff will offer you a hot pintxo – perhaps a date wrapped in bacon. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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The drink Calimocho, for example, is spelt Kalimotxo, and the Basque tapas pincho is pintxo. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You can get creative (after all, that's what pintxo/tapas culinary culture is all about) or stick with traditional favorites like the "Gilda," a guindilla (Spanish chile pepper), an anchovy and a green olive speared with a toothpick or a pawn and bacon brochette. ❋ OneTravel (2010)

- The best pintxo I've ever eaten came from a hole-in-the-wall joint in San Sebastian: they had two grill plates where a burly chef was turning frying mushrooms and spooning them over toast rubbed with garlic and oil. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I once sat in a pintxo bar in San Sebastian with Joseba Elizando, Miguel 'the Handsomest Man in the World' Miranda, and Wayne Kruer, an American ex-pat professional basketball player. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Or more accurately, lives are described among other lives and you find yourself in Pedro's pintxo bar with Joseba, Miguel, the beautiful waitress, and the old ladies at the door. ❋ Unknown (2009)