Meadow & Willow One bird. One fire. One road.

Chicken bar

The chicken bar at the end of the road

Meadow & Willow roasts one thing well: whole birds over embers, basted until the skin cracks. We serve them on wooden boards with charred greens and a short wine list chosen by two people who taste everything twice.

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28 seats
Three hours
Twelve wines

A whole roasted chicken on a wooden board, steam rising, charred lemon halves beside it

Meadow & Willow sits on a quiet stretch of road off Carrer de Cuba, where the smell of roasting chicken reaches the corner before you do.

Cook basting a chicken inside a wood-fired oven, flames visible

One bird, one road, one fire

Meadow & Willow started as an argument between two cooks about what a chicken bar should be. One wanted plates. The other wanted boards, shared, no cutlery rules.

The boards won. We found a spot on a road most people used only to park, put a wood-fired oven where a storeroom used to be, and started roasting.

Four years on, the road still smells like Sunday lunch most weekday evenings. We haven't added a second dish. We've just gotten better at the one we have.

We do one thing. We do it slowly.

On site

Around the place.

rows of crops at sunrise

hands holding fresh vegetables

a red barn under open sky

grazing animals in a pasture

What's on the board

A short menu built around one bird, cooked properly.

Whole roast chicken carved on a board with a small jug of jus

Roast chicken, whole

€24

Basted in its own fat for three hours, served with pan juices.

Half chicken on a paper-lined tray with a squeeze of lemon

Half chicken, road-side

€15

A smaller portion of the same bird, named for the street stall it started as.

Charred green vegetables on a small plate with olive oil

Charred greens

€6

Whatever is in season, blistered fast over the same fire.

Torn sourdough bread beside a small bowl of chicken fat

Bread and drippings

€4

Sourdough from the bakery two doors down, served with the roasting fat.

A glass of orange natural wine on a wooden table

Natural wine by the glass

€6-9

A rotating list poured from open bottles, chosen to cut through the fat.

I walked down that road for the smell before I knew there was a chicken bar behind it.

Diner, Ruzafa

Need to know

What people ask us.

Do you take walk-ins?

A few tables are kept for walk-ins each night, but booking ahead is safer, especially Friday and Saturday.

Where do we park?

Street parking is tight; the nearest public car park is on Carrer de Sueca, five minutes on foot.

Is the space accessible?

Yes, there's step-free entry and one accessible toilet on the ground floor.

What if there's a group of us?

Groups of six or more should call ahead so we can push tables together in advance.

Do you do takeaway?

Half and whole birds are available to take away from 6pm, boxed with the pan juices on the side.

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Find us on the road

Open Wednesday to Sunday, 6pm until late. The door has no sign, just the smell.

Find us: Calle Mayor, 66, 28023 València
Opening times: Tue–Sun · 5:00pm – 1:00am
Telephone: +34 682 891 499
Email: [email protected]

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Exterior of a small corner bar at dusk, warm light through the windows, no visible signage