El Mosquito
Rua de san pedro. a very old-fashioned bar. everything there seems like 50's, even the customers. the bartender is a 75 years old woman. the only exception is the lcd 42` tv that displays football soccer matches. very nice and local enviroment. they sell a little cup of ribeiro wine for 0,40 euro 2008 price. you can ask also for a bottle of likor kafe or crema de orujo less than 10 euro it`s all homemade, they fill an empty bottle of wine in front of you. you can also buy a bottle of ribeiro wine vino ribeiro they fill a 2l pet bottle with it they wash the bottles in front of you as well. this is a very local place, and seems like you need to be at least 50 years old to get in, but that`s not true.
For a quiet beer and a couple of tapas on the Old District there are several places where you can sit in terraces when the weather is nice or inside where it's rainy or cold. Some of these places are for example, Tokio or Alameda at Porta Faxeira or the terraces at the Quintana Square. It's specially well-known the Rúa do Franco, one of the main streets, full of places where you can drink and eat something. One really famous is Bar Orense Rúa do Franco, where you can have cuncas cups of wine and licor café for a very low price. If you like coffees, ice-creams and pastries, try PastelerÃa Mercedes Mora Rúa do Vilar. On the New District there are bars full of university students, such as Central Perk Rúa Nova de Abaixo, Luis Rúa Santiago del Estero or the multiple terraces at Praza Roxa.
Later in the evening, there are several places to go because Santiago de Compostela is a city with a very interesting nightlife.
If you want some beers or cocktails to begin the night, try Nido del Cuco or Momo, both at Virxe da Cerca. The last one, Momo, during the summer season has a big and nice garden and during the winter it has performances of singer-songwriters. Other interesting places are Casa das Crechas VÃa Sacra, very close to Praza da Quintana, where you can hear some folk music, A CaldererÃa Rúa da CaldererÃa, spot where many foreigners get together and sometimes there are music performances or Modus Vivendi Praza Feixoó.
To continue the night, Santiago has many pubs where drink and dance different kinds of music. The following ones are only examples of the great variety you can find in Santiago. On the Old District:
Orujo
Also known as aguardiente or caã±a, is also a popular local drink, made with the grapes after juicing them. it's often served in little glasses chupitos or just a trickle with the coffee. there are three kinds: orujo blanco, just eau-de-vie, orujo de hierbas, often green, it has different tastes depending on the kind, it's usually served very cold, and tostado, that it's the result of soaking the grapes with nuts and other fruits.