The most famous tapas route in Madrid is back for another year. Tapapiés has once again put tapas and music at the center of life in Lavapiés from last Thursday 17th to next Sunday 27th October, thanks to the neighborhood’s Merchants Association. As usual, the event offers a wide variety of tapas and a program of free outdoor activities.
As for the food, each of the establishments participating in Tapapiés 2024 serves a tapa accompanied by a bottle of El Águila beer for €3.50 -50 cents more than last year. As each of them has its own gastronomic proposal and this year more than 100 are participating -115, to be exact- that is the total number of tapas that can be tasted this year.
On the other hand, most of them offer their tapas in vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free versions, so that everyone can enjoy them.
Tapapiés 2024 participating establishments and tapas
Amanda Cafë, Bendito vinos y vinilos, Café Barbieri, Delhi Darbar, La Alpargata Vegana, Lingueer Saveurs D’Afrik, Tal Qual or Zerotrenta are just some of the bars and restaurants participating in this edition with tapas with Spanish, African, Italian, Indian, Venezuelan roots, to name a few.
Thus, on the route you can taste from a tortilla skewer to a cochinita pibil ssäm or some tostones with mojo boricua. You can find all the participants and check which tapa they have prepared for the occasion on this map.
Free concerts and activities
As we said, in addition to the papeo there is also a program of free activities that is animating the streets of the neighborhood during these 10 days that the event lasts. There are more than 30 concerts, batucadas, parades and outdoor children’s entertainment that, after being enjoyed this weekend, return this week from October 25 to 27 at noon, afternoon and evening.
And how to win a year of free beer
On the other hand, as every year, a professional jury will evaluate all the proposals submitted and will award the first and second prizes. The third place corresponds to the Audience Award, who can vote for their favorite tapa through the website (bearing in mind that each tapa can only be rated once per person).
And something as simple as giving that opinion can have a prize, since among all the people who do so , three prizes of a year of free El Águila beer will be raffled.