La Nueva Bodega

La Nueva Bodega is a traditional local bodega on Calle Cetti Meriem in central Granada, Andalusia, Spain, known for an inexpensive weekday lunch. The street lies a short walk from Plaza Nueva and also houses La Riviera and Bodegas Castañeda nearby, so it is a natural stop for visitors working through the central tapas area. The cuisine is straightforward Spanish weekday lunch cooking. The main offering is the three-course menú del día at about €10, which includes a first course, a main course and dessert or coffee, and is aimed at local workers rather than visitors. Lamb chops are the dish most often mentioned among the mains. Because the menu is fixed and the portions generous, it is one of the cheapest sit-down meals available in the centre. The dining room is a plain, functional bodega, with no decorative ambition, plain tables, a mainly local lunchtime crowd, no dress code and a noise level that rises as the room fills. Service is weekdays only, from 13:30 to 16:00, and visitors are advised to arrive before 14:30, since the menu items can run out later in the service; hours should be confirmed locally. Reservations are not taken and cash is preferred, so carrying euros in notes is sensible. The approach to ordering is simple: sit, choose from the day's options and eat. Dinner is not served in the format described, and the bodega is not open at weekends according to the listed hours. Visitors who want a budget meal that reflects everyday local eating, rather than the tapas-bar circuit, often choose La Nueva Bodega for a weekday lunch, particularly when they are in the centre between sightseeing visits to the Cathedral and the Alhambra approach.