Plekken in Madrid

Speakeasy-calm classic cocktails on Calle del Pez

The Villalón brothers' wine temple just off Gran Vía

Arzábal's garden restaurant inside the Reina Sofía

Steamship-styled seafood house in the business north

Juanjo López's seasonal cocido house by the Retiro

César Martín's modern Spanish cooking with cult croquetas

1931 gourmet grocer with 1,500-plus wines

Arzak-trained signature cooking on Doctor Castelo

An 1886 building reworked by Lázaro Rosa-Violán, beside Retiro

Small wine-led tapas tavern off the Retiro