The historic breakfast bar on Calle Pozos Dulces, closed in February following Francis Cerezo's retirement, will reopen in the first half of October. Rafael López Taza, former brother major of the Sagrada Cena, takes over and will keep the pitufos, molletes, and strawberry milk.
The Diamante will raise its shutters again in the first half of October, eight months after Francis Cerezo and Mariví Castillo closed the historic breakfast bar on Pozos Dulces street, in the centre of Málaga. The reopening will be led by Rafael López Taza, a businessman and brother who was the major brother of the Brotherhood of the Sagrada Cena for sixteen years, according to Diario Sur.
López Taza will maintain the traditional menu that made the establishment a reference for breakfasts in the city. The pitufos and molletes with oil and tomato, salchichón, serrano ham, zurrapa, turkey, york, and cheese will all remain. The strawberry milk, one of the most recognisable rarities of the house, will also return.
The novelty will be the extension of hours at midday. The new Diamante will recover the tapas it offered in its early years, which had disappeared over time, meaning the bar will not end its day after breakfast as it did in its last stage.
“I still don’t know the exact date because there are a few loose ends, but it will definitely be in the first half of October”
The new owner’s family connection to the business goes back a long way: his paternal grandfather worked serving coffee at the establishment, and his mother and uncles were born on Calle Pozos Dulces. The bar's history dates back to the late 1940s when José Gálvez Toro, a descendant of the Gálvez family from Macharaviaya, and his wife, Aurora Toro, founded a venue called El Brillante on Calle Compañía. Economic disagreements with the property owners led to the move to Pozos Dulces and the name change.
In the 1980s, the business passed into the hands of its own employees. By the 1990s, the death of José Montilla led Cerezo, then a young waiter, to take the reins, first alone and then alongside Mariví. Francis, who had been behind the bar for over thirty years, retired due to illness in February, marking the end of an era where it was enough to visit a few mornings for him to know what to serve before it was even ordered.
The transition will allow long-time customers to find few changes when they cross the door again. The opening is scheduled for the first half of October, pending the final details being sorted.
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