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Alelí: Italian osteria in Marbella

Travel to Italy without leaving Marbella. Dani García opened the Restaurant last July Wallflower, an establishment that mixes the tradition of the Italian country with modernity. Do you want to discover more about this new project? In this article we tell you all the details of this place.

Una Tavern in the heart of Marbella

Dani García bets on your natal city. The Marbella chef inaugurated the Restaurant on July 1st Wallflower at the Hotel Puente Romano in the coastal city. Thought as a Tavern, the Italian equivalent of our taverns, the new venue is a representation of authentic Italy, with beautiful and decadent airs, inspired by the films of Federico Fellini and Paolo Sorrentino.

El Wallflower has a capacity to 150 people, divided into several rooms. But what stands out the most is its terrace. This place is a patio where different spaces come together that reflect the Italian tradition and philosophy of life. Another place to highlight is its private cellar, where you can find all kinds of wines and wines, both Italian and Spanish. Without a doubt, a good pairing for its extensive menu.

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Alelí dining room. / Source: Hospitality Magazine

A trip to Italy without leaving Alelí

The menu of the Wallflower It combines, as we have already said, traditional cuisine with new avant-garde techniques. A trip to Italy without leaving the populous city of Malaga. The letter from him takes as reference to Italian gastronomy, especially from the regions of Lombardy, Lazio, Piedmont, Campania and Sicily. In the variety of dishes you can find a selection of oven-baked pizzas, fresh pasta or different types of mortadella.

The products with which these dishes are made reach Wallflower directly from Italy. The Dani García Group is committed to these Italian suppliers as a sign of confidence in gastronomy of the Mediterranean country and that the flavor of that place arrives directly at the table. Another point to highlight is the presence of chef Nicholas Amici as head chef of the establishment. The Italian chef brings a extra touch of originality to tradition.

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Typical osteria in a street in Rome. / Source: Pixabay

Dani García's projects

Dani García is a respected chef in the world of cooking for his creativity and your desire to undertake new projects. Alelí is one of many others that the Marbella chef has launched in recent years. Alelí is not the only establishment opened this year by the group led by García. At the end of July it opened, also at the Puente Romano Hotel in Marbella, the Kemuri Restaurant, a trip to the gastronomy of the more traditional japan.

As we have already pointed out, Dani García He has bet heavily on his hometown. Proof of this is that, in this city, the chef has five restaurants: Kemuri, Wallflower, Babette, Leña and Lobito de Mar. These are five of the more than twenty establishments that the chef has throughout Spain, the United States and the Middle East. A list that will grow as time goes by, since the chef intends to open a dozen establishments in the coming months.

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Puerto Banús, a symbol of luxury in Marbella. / Source: Pixabay

Marbella, from a fishing port to a marina

Marbella has been for four decades luxury tourism symbol. An image that has been carved little by little with its soirees, establishments and its corruption plots. Little remains of that city of fishermen who left their backs in the sea to get some high quality products. Some fish that have been the traditional basis of Marbella gastronomy and, by extension, of the province of Malaga.

In this city you can find restaurants like Wallflower or beach bars, a perfect combination that makes Marbella a symbol of cohabitation of two styles of different lives. Thanks to the opening of establishments that focus on international cuisine, they have made local gastronomy a symbol of cosmopolitanism.

In short, being able to enjoy different culinary traditions is possible in the city on the Costa del Sol. Dani García has managed to hit the key with the opening of all its restaurants. A successful model based on tradition and modernity, where you can enjoy eating well. Now that you know more, will you visit Wallflower if you go through Marbella?

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