In the old days - the sixties through the early eighties - the Hotel Indalo, located in the Mojácar Square, housed the Bar Indalo: the focal centre of the pueblo.
It was an ugly bar, dark and scruffy. They rarely managed any tapas and the decoration was bleak. There were a couple of tables and a black and white TV, switched on whenever there was a football game.
As somebody says, the toilets were pretty grim as well.
Outside, there were a few tin tables and chairs.
It was where we all met to catch up on the day's gossip.
I think it was a terrible shame when the hotel and its bar were demolished, along with the Aquelarre theatre, to make room for the 'multicentro' - three stories of grim souvenir shops.
In the picture, Antonio and Diego were for many years the two barmen.
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Then Antonio ran the Papagayo and Diego the bar around the
corner from the plaza, really good tapas until he collapsed.
I'm thinking Ramón in the Papagayo (and another Indalo barman, Fernando in the Garden bar Mi Cortijo).
Mi Cortijo had the best tapas in the comarca.
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