Stephen Jolley
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Our guide for the night was Esteban, or Gloria Esteban as he affectionately liked to be known as. Nothing was too much trouble for Gloria as he greeted us at our first stop, Park Cafè München, with a warm welcome and armed with a case of miniature bottles of Chilean Merlot for each attendee. Hailing from Costa Rica, Gloria remarked on how wine from his own country “wasn’t much cop” hence opting for a Chilean one. An unconventional choice as opposed to the usual mini shot bottles of spirits you’d expect on a bar crawl, granted, but still, it a nice touch nonetheless. Our guide was unsure if we could consume our own alcohol on the premises, and as we all ordered some cold cold biers, the angry server booted us off the main tables into a back picnic table area where we were attacked by wasps and Bavarian horseflies. After a slow start we attended another couple of venues such as La Fiesta for cocktails, although as the evening was getting good we had to move along to the next place. We rounded off the evening with pastries & liqueur coffees and the whole evening was simply enchanting. I couldn’t recommend Esteban highly enough I will award him 5 Guide Hats out of 5 for his efforts last week.
