Tapas is the name for a wide variety of appetizers in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold, such as mixed olives and cheese, or warm, such as puntillitas, Andalusian battered, fried baby squid. Patrons at the Tender Trap can order many different tapas, and/or combine them for a full meal. The original tapas were the slices of bread that sherry drinkers in Andalusian taverns used to cover their glasses between sips. This was a practical measure meant to prevent fruit flies from hovering over the sweet sherry. But soon, enterprising bartenders were putting small snacks on the bread, and the lowly tapa (derived from the word tapas, "to cover") became as important as the sherry.

We love tapas at the Tender Trap…..and so will you!