Bar in Madrid

Calle Argumosa's alternative tapas terrace

Grilled sardines and El Rastro Sunday ritual since 1977

The Rastro's snail institution since 1942

The locals' temple of battered bacalao near Plaza Mayor

Bohemian Basque pintxo bar on Cava Baja since the 1980s

Cava Baja vermut taberna with the secret 'Manuela' pour, since 1996

1892 bodega, vermut de grifo and one of Madrid's best tortillas

Quiet old-school tapas bar beside the Conde Duque centre

Beam-and-stone Cava Baja wine taberna with a deep Spanish list