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Madrid's most multicultural barrio: immigrant kitchens, a coffee roastery and the La Tabacalera art space.
Madrid's most multicultural barrio, Lavapiés layers Indian, Senegalese and pan-immigrant kitchens over a steep grid of corralas and street art, with a specialty-coffee roastery and the vast La Tabacalera art space giving it real creative weight. The bar is high here because the casual offer is so deep: this is the global-street-food and global-casual hood where you follow the genuine operators, not the tourist signage. For an Istanbul visitor, the density and diversity feel immediately familiar.
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Natural wine and vinyl inside Mercado de San Fernando
Calle Argumosa's alternative tapas terrace
Grilled sardines and El Rastro Sunday ritual since 1977
A former adult cinema reborn as a cultural bar-cinema
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Madrid's oldest tavern, untouched since before 1787
Home-style Senegalese on Plaza Nelson Mandela
The barrio's benchmark for biryani and cheese naan
Arzábal's garden restaurant inside the Reina Sofía
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Lavapiés's avant-garde cultural centre with a rooftop terrace
Spain's modern-art museum and the home of Guernica
The anchor of Madrid's gallery street in Lavapiés