Rosa María Bórja, Isabel Capote Dominguez

You could easily miss out on La Eslava, for it is tucked down a back street off the vast Alameda de Hércules. Yet this hip haunt is quintessentially Sevillian, netting an eclectic range of customers, from local artists and intellectuals to those in the know from further afield. Behind the bar the energetic owner, Sixto Tovar Gutierrez, juggles phone-calls with tapas or beers, while in the kitchen his French wife, Rosa María Bórja, accomplishes La Eslava’s miracles in tandem with Isabel Capote Dominguez.