Spain Food Guide
Category: Madrid
Eating in Madrid — bocadillos de calamares, cocido madrileño, vermut, churros, late-night tapas, and the markets locals actually use.
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Madrid After Midnight: Where Locals Actually Eat
Madrid’s restaurants fill at 9.30pm and the bars run until dawn. A guide to the full late-night eating circuit — from midnight…
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Mercado de la Paz, Salamanca: Madrid’s Best Neighbourhood Food Market
The provisioning market of Madrid’s most affluent district — extraordinary fish, aged beef, and the city’s best tortilla de patatas at a…
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Madrid’s Best Churros and Chocolate Beyond San Ginés
San Ginés is excellent. It’s also always full. Here are the churrerías where Madrid residents actually go, and what makes a great…
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Mercado de San Fernando vs Mercado de San Miguel: Which Madrid Market?
One is a beautiful tourist food hall near Plaza Mayor. The other is a real neighbourhood market in Lavapiés. Both worth visiting…
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La Latina Sunday Vermut: Madrid’s Best Neighbourhood for Vermouth
From 11am on Sundays, La Latina fills with madrileños drinking house vermouth from barrels, eating anchovies and tostas, and moving between the…
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The Best Cocido Madrileño in Madrid: Where to Eat It and How It Works
Three courses from one pot: broth, chickpeas, and meats. Madrid’s defining winter dish and the restaurants that have been making it the…
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Bocadillo de Calamares: Madrid’s Essential Fried Squid Sandwich
Battered squid in a crusty roll, eaten standing near Plaza Mayor. Why Madrid’s defining street food is a seafood sandwich and where…