The roadside restaurant near Madrid where Carlos Alcaraz stops to eat
Los Chopos, a motorway restaurant in Albacete two hours from Madrid, has fed Carlos Alcaraz, touring bands and truckers, and holds a Repsol Guide Solete.
Roadside restaurants rarely get the glory, yet they feed thousands of truckers, drivers and regular travellers every day. One of them has a surprising guest list.
Los Chopos sits on the A-31 (the Alicante motorway), exit 55-56, in La Gineta, in Spain's Albacete province. That's about two hours from Madrid, right on a busy route. It has a Solete from the Repsol Guide, a badge for informal, welcoming places, unlike the Repsol Soles, which reward haute cuisine and pricier restaurants.
The famous faces keep coming. Bands such as Taburete stop here on tour. The restaurant's social media shows staff posing with tennis star Carlos Alcaraz, Alaska, Xuso Jones, Miguel Ríos, Aitana, Soraya Arnelas, Camela and Gabino Diego.
It opens from 8:00 to 22:30, with a bar, a tapas area and a restaurant. There is a buffet between 13:00 and 16:00. A meal in the restaurant can cost at least 30 euros per person, while sandwiches and tapas at the café are cheaper.
Los Chopos also runs Los Chopos Salones, a venue for social and business events, especially weddings.
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