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  • Atmospheric tapas bar – from 11pm at weekends you can only eat standing at the bar (see Alhambra).

  • Sophisticated jazz lovers home in on this Art-Deco café at the top of Huertas. There’s a small admission charge, depending on the artists (see Café Central).

  • Casa Alberto

    This historic tavern is where the author Cervantes wrote part of Don Quixote . Wood panelling gives it a warm atmosphere. Vermouth dispensed on draught from an antique pump. Traditional madrileño cooking.

  • It’s worth splashing out on a meal in this restaurant renowned for its roasts. Booking ahead is essential.

  • Aficionados rate this attractive venue as the best place for traditional Spanish Flamenco acts (see Casa PATAS).

  • Dance until 6am at this fashionable club to the sounds of DJs or live music in a range of different styles (Thu–Sun).

  • On the fringes of the Lavapiés district, this café-bar is an ideal place to relax with a drink while chatting with friends and listening to good music. Cosy ambience.

  • This lively cellar venue (the name means “the jaws of the wolf”) has a great atmosphere. They dance to anything here – acid jazz, hip-hop, rock ‘n’ roll, you name it.

  • Italian restaurant which has banished pizza in favour of nouvelle cuisine .

  • The live salsa music, played Thursdays to Saturdays inclusive, is the main draw of this noisy Cuban restaurant (see La Negra Tomasa).

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