Lavapiés, it could be said, has two great gastronomic events. The first is Tapapiés and is celebrated in October and the second pays tribute to World Tapas Day through the most emblematic tapa: the croquette.
Some twenty bars and restaurants in the Lavapiés neighborhood have prepared a special croquette for the occasion that sells for only 1.5€. The organization is in charge of the association En Lavapiés and in this regard indicate: “The croquette becomes the protagonist one more year in the neighborhood of Lavapiés where attendees will be able to taste croquettes for all tastes, vegan, exotic, castizas…”
This festival or ode to the croquette begins on Thursday, June 20 and runs through Sunday, June 23. Four days of tribute to the most traditional tapa (revisited in some cases) in Spain.
Participating bars and restaurants
The total number of participating bars and restaurants is 26 and this is the croquette offered by each of them:
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- Café Barbieri (Ave María, 45) – Genovese pesto croquette
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- Citynizer plaza (Juanelo, 17) – Ham Citycroquette
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- Where Majo’s (Argumosa, 8) – Croqueta Majo’S
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- El Económico (Argumosa, 9) – Codfish croquette
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- El jamón (Lavapiés, 47) – La croqueta de mamá jamón (Mom’s ham croquette)
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- El Jardín de Lavapiés (Embajadores, 43) – Walnut and Roquefort croquette
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- El Quijote (Ave María, 52) – Cream cheese and cassava croquette
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- El rincón guay (Embajadores, 62) – Croqueta de gachas manchegas (porridge croquette)
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- Il Morto che Parla (Salitre, 31) – Suppli al pomodoro with rice, mozzarella and more
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- La Buga del Lobo (Argumosa, 11) – Cheese Platoon
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- La Chulapa. At Mayrit (Doctor Fourquet, 37) – La Manola with tripe stuffing
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- La encomienda (Encomienda, 19) – Potato croquette with bravioli sauce
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- Lá fille du poulet & Katia Comida Brasileña (Torrecilla del Leal, 29) – Brazilian style chicken croquetis with shredded chicken
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- La lata de Cascorro (Embajadores, 1) – Goat cheese and jalapeños croquette
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- La musa de Espronceda (Santa Isabel, 17) – Croqueta de la abuela con jamón serrano (Grandma’s croquette with Serrano ham)
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- López & López Pizzería (Cabestreros, 4) – Prawn croquette
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- Los rotos de Lavapiés (Mesón de Paredes, 81) – Boletus Croquette
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- Mándela 100 (Mesón de Paredes, 52) – Meat Fataya
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- Mesón de los platos (Escuadra, 1) – Chicken croquette
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- Tapioquería (La Fe, 1) – Cassava and cheese coxinha with palm hearts
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- Portomarín (Valencia, 4) – Chilindrón croquette with lamb and piquillo peppers
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- Pirámide (Torrecilla del Leal, 15) – Pork Cheek Croquette
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- Orishas (Argumosa, 39) – Orishas croquette with old clothes
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- Viva Chapata (Ave María, 43) – Vegan croquette with boletus edulis, oat milk and nutmeg
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- Xantico (Doctor Piga, 21) – Ham, egg and chicken croquettes