Tapas Bar

This is a place on Calle Lagasca, just down the street from my hotel, that I have been passing for years. I ate at three tapas bars on this visit to Madrid, but have yet to try this one. La próxima vez!

Petit-Déjeuner à Madrid

Writer's breakfast Madrid: tortilla española (eggs and potatoes w/ no flour) and café manchado (literally "stained coffee" the stain referring to the milk). After staying in the

NH Lagasca over a 14 year period, I just discovered this cafe cater-corner from the front

of the hotel where all the locals from the Salamanca go - the men for café y burros (large churros) and the women for café y pan con tomate (toasted bread with ground

tomato paste). So much better than even the full buffet at the hotel.

el Arte de Persianas en Madrid

Another example of shutter art in Madrid. This stuff has tagging "art" beat to a pulp.