Legend has it that the original pintxo – a combination of pickled pepper, oil-cured anchovy, and Manzanilla olive – was invented at a bar in San Sebastián in northeastern Spain. A regular bar patron and wine salesman wanted to come up with a name for the one-bite trio, which he claimed made his wine taste even better. Enamored of the film star Rita Hayworth, the star and namesake of the movie “Gilda” — a wildly popular movie in Spain at the time – he named his creation the Gilda. He said that like the character, this pintxo was salty, green, and spicy. Maybe not any less important is that these bundles of flavor proved this salesman right as they inevitably led customers to order more drinks and engage in extended frivolity and conversation. The movie went on to claim cult status as did the first commercialized pintxo – the Gilda.