It was a few years in the past when Chiringuito Calabré on Playa de San Cristóbal in Almuñecar closed its doorways after many years of existence; from 1963, actually.
It had weathered the successing financial crises over time and Covid, in fact, overhauling the decor and increasing into a brand new terrace space, however the whole lot reaches its finish.
It lastly went below in 2022 and the grandson of the unique proprietor (Antonio Rodrigo, who had handed away) closed the doorways – a bit of Almuñécar historical past had disappeared.
The issue was that the lease, which was nonetheless within the title of the grandfather, had expired. The household had tried to resume the lease however to no avail.
The Junta de Andalucía nonetheless shuffle paperwork on the lease, so the City Corridor hasn’t been capable of lease it out. In truth, the City Corridor is just not even positive what they need to do with the premises; i.e., what kind of enterprise would be capable to use it. The City Corridor already has a close-by chiringuito on its books, Las Rejas.
Nevertheless, within the meantime an eccentric squatter moved in, Sergei Vladimir Campo González, who’s of Cuban origin however with Russian nationality from again within the days of the USSR, due to his mother and father having moved to Ukraine.
(Information: Almuñécar, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)
