Top 10 Places to Eat and Drink
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1. Chocolatería San Ginés
Head here after a night on the town for a traditional breakfast of chocolate con churros .
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2. Taberna del Alabardero
Snack on jamón Ibérico or croquetas in the tapas bar or eat Basque food in the adjoining restaurant.
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3. Casa Ciriaco
A good place to try classics such as the dessert bizcocho borracho (“cross-eyed drunk” – sponge cake soaked in wine and syrup).
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4. Café de Oriente
Elegant café with velvet seats, stucco ceiling and summer terrace.
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5. Entre Suspiro y Suspiro
Signature Mexican dishes include “devil salad” with prawns, mango, coriander and chicken in hot chocolate sauce (mole ).
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6. La Bola
La Bola has an original 19th-century dining room. The speciality is cocido , served in earthenware pots (pucheros ).
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7. La Vaca Argentina
One of a chain of steak houses specializing in grilled beef straight from the pampas. Can be noisy.
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8. El Cangrejo
This neighbourhood bar has a good choice of seafood tapas . Mahou beer originally came from the factory next door.
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9. Entrevinos
The international wine list runs to more than 200 varieties. Speciality snacks include habas (salted broad beans) served with jamón Ibérico .
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10. Taberna de Conspiradores
The name is a throw back to the days when cafés were hot-beds of political skulduggery. Today’s would-be plotters feast on meaty fare such as chorizo (spicy sausage) cooked in wine.
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