Much more than bocata de calamares and paella. Madrid is a city of bars, restaurants, cafes, and gastronomic markets.
In the Plaza de Cascorro, in the middle of the Rastro, there is a place where a newcomer from 1960 (for example) could enter and possibly only be surprised by the people’s clothes and for not being able to…...
La Finca, that armored corner of millionaires and footballers that is in Pozuelo and seems to be designed by a contemporary Spanish Scott Fitzgerald, was going to become the new gastronomic epicenter of Madrid. Or so we...
In a weekend in which events such as San Isidro coincide (with a complete program and all its concerts in this link), Madrid refuses to stay without celebrating…...
The best restaurants in Madrid range from small neighborhood taverns to exclusive Michelin-starred restaurants, passing through centenary restaurants and streets, such as…...
Tradition says that the custom of eating donuts during the San Isidro festivities is due to Aunt Javiera, a 19th century baker who was probably from Fuenlabrada and who became popular because of how delicious her cakes...
The bluefin tuna of almadraba, captured by means of a thousand-year-old technique that goes back to the Phoenicians, becomes the protagonist of the I Madrileña Route of the Red Tuna of Almadraba. This initiative, promot...
It is easy to agree that among the best gastronomic traditions in Spain is to accompany your drink with a free tapa. It is true that it does not always happen, nor everywhere the quantities and qualities are the same. H...
The subtle art of having a few beers and leaving with a meal has its temple of the improbable in Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza, at number 53. There, in the heart of Arganzuela, survives a…...
Coffee has become a symbol of the capital: there are more and more places that serve it with mastery. Coffee partiesare emerging from this trend : meetings that are revolutionizing the way of living the “coffee mo...
The word manduca comes from the Latin manducāre, which means “to chew”. Some people today use the term colloquially or seriously to refer to food. And rarely does that concept of eating – in the most f...
