DE TAPAS
Tapas do not have a nutritional purpose, they mainly have a social purpose, so going for tapas is about sharing time with friends, family or colleagues over food and drink.
Almost any establishment in Madrid that serves beer and wine is going to have some kind of tapas. Maybe it’s something very simple like olives and cheese, cans or maybe it’s something much more elaborate.
From the Academia Madrileña de Gastronomía we never want to recommend one establishment over another, we thank the establishments we refer to for their collaboration, but they are only an example of the gastronomic offer that Madrid has, and we invite you to discover for yourselves the great richness of our Community.
In Madrid, tapas in more modern establishments coexist with others that are very traditional, even 100 years old or more. The traditional establishments have recovered and put in value very traditional dishes of the Madrid and Spanish gastronomy that were being lost from the menus.
It is curious how the very traditional places are adored by the Madrid public and also by visitors who come to spend a few days. They are places that despite being 100 years old or more, are full of life updated. Although the food is usually traditional. The public is both the lifelong and the younger who have just joined this form of leisure
BARRIO HÚMEDO
Going out for tapas can be much more than just sitting at a bar to “picar” something. You can find tapas, raciones or more elaborate dishes, but always with the same more or less informal spirit. Barrio Húmedo is a magnificent example of those places in Madrid where the care for the product and the drink make “going for tapas” a gastronomic experience.
We do not want to offer a guide of bars and restaurants nor do we want to make recommendations of specific establishments, the places we will talk about are examples of everything that can be found in Madrid.
EL DOBLE
The correct pouring of a “caña” or a “double” of beer is one of the characteristics that distinguishes the great bars.
Today, we bring you El Doble as an example of this tradition so typical of Madrid.
We do not want to offer a guide of bars and restaurants nor do we want to make recommendations of specific establishments, the places we will talk about are examples of everything that can be found in Madrid.
GILDAS – HERMANOS VINAGRE
Few “tapas” are more traditional than “gildas”. The perfect appetizer to accompany a vermouth or a beer. Here they tell us how they make them in Hermanos Vinagre, one of the bars that are true specialists in Madrid.
We do not want to offer a guide to bars and restaurants nor do we want to make recommendations of specific establishments, the places we will talk about are examples of everything that can be found in Madrid.