Hispanidad arrived, the anniversary of the discovery of America and in parallel the celebrations of the day of the Pilar.
La Pilar Gastro Week, It is a gastronomic event where you can taste varied menus from last October 9, until the next day 18, a week full of color and flavor.
In the province and the city of Zaragoza toda a total of 38 restaurants have developed a gastronomic initiative very consistent with the celebrations of the Pillar parties.
For decades the celebrations in honor of the patron saint of the city of Zaragoza, the Virgin of the Pilar, that since ancient times, the Marian tradition has been venerated in the jasper column (or pillar), where it is said according to Christian writings, the Virgin Mary to the Apostle Santiago aya by the year 40 AD, and since the construction of the Baroque temple of the “Basilica del Pilar ” Offerings and prevendas are being celebrated in unison with the popular festivities that surround the religious actors.
The Zaragoza Restaurant Association is behind the initiative, and its objective clearly seeks to provide an informative value of the exceptional gastronomy that develops throughout the province, and making it coincide with the festive week is a clear nod to the tourist activity that especially the city will have those days.
There will be avocados and prices for all mouths and pockets, being able to find menus from € 15 to € 40 of the most expensive, copious and therefore tasty …
The presence of proximity products and of Aragonese origin, it will be one of the key factors for the hoteliers attached to the gastronomic initiative, to contribute not only to culinary creation, but also to be an engine of regional productive activity, which has been greatly damaged in recent years with the decreases in consumption in home and hospitality, but very active after these summer harvesting months.
All participating restaurants and their menus can be found in the following link that we attach on the Pilar Gastro Week website,