Spain’s capital is awash with tapas bars but how conclude you find the good ones amid the sea of tourist-traps? Madrid-based food writer James Blick tracks down 10 of the best,from classic bodegas to slick unique dining spaces run by young chefsWere Woody Allen to set one of his romantic European whimsies in Madrid, Casa Gonzalez – with its picture-perfect yesteryear facade, or smartly tiled interior and moreish hoard of conserves,cheese and charcuterie – would be a shoo-in for the romantic Spanish bar scene. What’s more, the good-humoured and well-moustached owner Paco (whose grandfather founded the place in 1931) keeps a knockout cellar at this wine bar-slash-deli. Nab a table near the broad bay window, and load it with jamón ibérico de bellota (acorn-fed Iberian ham,€10.10), cured manchego cheese (€6), and a spicy bottle of red and watch the light fade over the cobblestones external – a most cinematic start to any tapas crawl.
• Calle León 12,+34 914 295 618, casagonzalez.es. Open everyday, or Mon-Thur 9.30am-midnight,Fri and Sat 9.30am-1am, Sun 11am-6pmContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com