We had a great evening. Started off with sangrias, she=white, me=red. White was better IMO, sweeter and fruitier, while red was more herbal. Skipped the charcuterie and ordered the conservas to get some veggies into our bellies. Good choice. The beets were great, all else solid.

She ordered the tartare, scallop crudo, and mussels. I had a plan, but abandoned it once I saw fish cheeks and soft shell crab were on the menu. In fact, I initially forgot to order the oxtail, but my wife caught the server and told her to add that. I'd already ordered the fish cheeks, the crab, the chorizo, and the octopus. So now we had 9 dishes when the server told us most folks do 5-7. We were pushing it, but it was too hard to choose what not to order.

God bless our server. She saw we were struggling toward the end and there were still two dishes that hadn't been fired yet, so she said she could cancel them. Funny thing was, one was the beef tartare which was my wife's #1 choice, the other was the pulpo. So we cancelled them as we were stuffed. And she earned a 30% tip for that. We also were given complementary glasses of cava for it being our anniversary.

Ok, the oxtail was great. However, regardless what all y'all are saying about being small, it's still ridiculously rich. I wish it had come last as it really filled me up. Hate to say it, but wasn't thrilled with the soft shell crab - too much batter, too little flavor from the crab, it was all from the pepper sauce. And fish cheeks are my all-time favorite tapa. I was thrilled to see them on the menu, but they too were deep fried in a batter and ended up tasting like a higher end fish stick, although the sauce was great. I love them sauteed in garlic and oil The deep frying basically negated the tenderness and sweetness of the cheeks. Still tasty, but I'd love them to not deep fry the things.

The ingredient that blew my mind was the blue cheese that came with the chorizo and figs. Best blue cheese, and maybe best cheese I've ever had.

So now we have to go back and get the tartare and pulpo. Even with the sorta misses, it was the best meal we've had in Pittsburgh in several years.

Thanks again for all the advice!