We'd add
Our runner-upBoquerones en vinagre al estilo Madrileño
Boquerones, fresh anchovies cured in vinegar with garlic and parsley. A cold plate after the hot prawns.
- Cured in vinegar
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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstGambas al ajillo
Gambas al ajillo, prawns cooked in hot olive oil with sliced garlic, with bread for the oil. We'd have it first, at the bar.
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- A glass of the house Toro
La Casa del Abuelo
Spanish · taberna · gambas · Sol, Madrid
Calle de la Victoria 12, 28012 Madrid
The family's first tavern, by the Puerta del Sol, four generations deep since it opened over a century ago. Prawns made its name, the house says.
The proof, in the house's own words
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