Plekken in Madrid

Grilled sardines and El Rastro Sunday ritual since 1977

Herzog & de Meuron culture house with a vertical garden

The 1929 tavern where the Yayo was born

Madrid's championship tortilla inside Mercado de la Paz

Churros con chocolate in a marble-and-tile room since 1894

Influential contemporary gallery in a Justicia townhouse

The anchor of Madrid's gallery street in Lavapiés

Lavapiés's avant-garde cultural centre with a rooftop terrace

1922 sherry-only bar frozen in Civil War Madrid

Home-style Senegalese on Plaza Nelson Mandela

From-scratch artisan gelato on Calle Goya

A collector's mansion of Old Masters and decorative arts

The barrio's benchmark for biryani and cheese naan

1908 tiled-facade tavern for vermouth and tapas

Justicia gallery with a strong Latin American program