BAR
CASA MANÓN
When, not so many years ago, some of the villages in this parish had no other access to the town of Cangas del Narcea than the road that linked it to Besullo, this was a village where the locals could find several shops where they could buy anything from a litre of oil, rice or chocolate, to grain to grind, rubber boots, ‘madreñas’, cartwheels or butane gas cylinders. At that time, before the extension of the local road CN3 linking the parish of Las Montañas and Cuarto de La Barguera with Cangas, through Trones, Besullo had a regular ‘line’ that transported travellers from 'los l.lugares' (‘the places’) to the village of Cangas, bringing them back after a few hours, loaded with all the purchases made in the capital.
The Manón House was the head of this line and also had a bar, a shop, a grain store and a butane gas distribution point. These were hard times, but Besullo maintained its status as the main centre of the area, with constant activity and a notable commercial and leisure activity. In the warehouse of Casa Manón, in the mid-1960s, the Besullo Cinema was set up, promoted by Pepe de Tole and other neighbours. It was a stable cinema that screened films every weekend and was the leading leisure venue for the youth and the neighbourhood in general in the whole parish.
Nowadays, Casa Manón no longer has a shop, a grain store or a regular line to Cangas. But it still has its bar, a classic chigre, which functions as the social centre of the village, a meeting room, a gathering room and the official ‘discutidero’, the discussion site of Besullo.
Casa Manón does not serve meals, although you can order some raciones or pinchos to accompany your drinks, as well as snacks and sweets to pass the time.
In addition, it is also the point of sale for the artisan bread of the Besullo Bakery.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 11.00 to close - Monday, Closed.