Plekken in Madrid

Grilled sardines and El Rastro Sunday ritual since 1977

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

The anchor of Madrid's gallery street in Lavapiés

1922 sherry-only bar frozen in Civil War Madrid

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

Herzog & de Meuron culture house with a vertical garden

Influential contemporary gallery in a Justicia townhouse

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

Home-style Senegalese on Plaza Nelson Mandela