Venues similar to La Madame

Mugaritz's Aduriz reimagines the Basque-Latin American crossover

Theatrical gin-and-tonics in fishbowls, the Gros way

Gerald Diffey's Melbourne wine-bar soul, transplanted to Gros

A one-star Green-Star table that cooks the week's market.

Plated, made-to-order pintxos that rewired the genre.

Hot, slow-cooked pintxos that locals queue out the door for.

Lively pintxos and wine in the shadow of Santa María.

The Old Town's most irreverent, creative pintxo bar.

A one-star jewel tucked into the Old Town's lanes.

A two-star laboratory that questions what a meal is.

Airaudo's two-star precision inside the Hotel María Cristina.

Iñigo Lavado's first star, high on Mount Igeldo.

A 1956 classic where the bar counter rivals the kitchen.

The Old Town's go-to for griddled foie gras.

A reborn Basque classic, six tables in a basement.

Young-chef market cooking opposite the Buen Pastor cathedral.

A tiny 1970s-style bar locals rate for the city's best cocktails

The Gros pioneer that helped invent the modern pintxo.

The Gros roastery-cafe that set the city's specialty-coffee bar

One tortilla, one txuleta, no compromises, twice a day.