Bokado Restaurant
Madrid celebrates its great feast. For three days the capital becomes a world stage for gastronomy. Madrid Fusion brings together the best of planetary gastronomic talent, accompanied by a legion of happy palates who settle in houses and hotels in the capital . Many take the opportunity to stay a few more days and thus contemplate the works of art that hide within the walls of its museums. What many are unaware of is that, for some time now, the Madrid museum scene has decided to feed its visitors with more than just art.
In October 2012, 453,874 souls arrived in Madrid. Many of them were not exactly looking for the Madrid beach. The city has known how to capitalize on two forts. On the walls and on the table; in basements full of treasures and in stoves overflowing with raw materials from the competition. These exhibition spaces have gone beyond the mere formality of the canteen. They have found a formula that exhibits cutting-edge gastronomy, artisan pastries, unique treatment, traditional views and architectural perfection. Because art is contemplated, perceived, touched, listened to And, of course, you can also taste it.
OPEN SECRETS
Bokado Restaurant of the Costume Museum The old Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid hides a gastronomic treasure at the height of its artistic background. Is about bokado , a restaurant whose name does not do justice to the banquet that awaits you here. It belongs to the Basque group of the same name that since 1996 has not stopped giving joy to gourmets in its gastronomic temples of San Sebastian, Zaragoza and Madrid (the one that concerns us) .
In front Mikel Santamaria has designed a succulent festival such as pigeon with sunflower seeds, sardines with watermelon and tomato soup, red tuna in black or a dessert of fresh cheese and spicy fruit. During summer nights the quality of the menu rivals the outdoor piano background sound that, thanks to the design of the gardens of the Museo del Traje, give privacy to two candles.
Bokado's 'enlivening' piano
Cafe in the Garden of the National Museum of Romanticism Since 2009, the year in which the beautiful palace in Malasaña was reopened, the Garden Cafe It has become the most shared concern among those who boast of knowing barely colonized corners of the bohemian neighborhood. The public museum underwent a profound reform that has allowed its collection of art and antiquities from the romantic period to shine as it should.
Located in an old heritage palace of the Marquis of Matallana (from 1776), its cafeteria offers an exhaustive menu of coffees, teas and pastries that would drive Alice (from Wonderland) crazy. There is also options for a light banquet . The best of space a peaceful garden, green throughout the year , who cares for those who know how to respect silence.
A secret in the heart of Malasaña
National Museum of Romanticism
THE COFFEE OF ARTISTIC CREATION
Slaughterhouse Theater Bar Cafe The 21st century had just begun, the sharpest bloodhounds of the regional cultural community began to track the great ships once dedicated to transforming cows into tenderloins. If there is a place, far from the art circuit, that has become (in just eleven years) a center of artistic creation of reference, that is ** the Matadero **. Among its one hundred thousand m2, you will find a corner to fill the stomach and feed the good life.
Designed by Emilio Esteras, the bar-cafe theater It is integrated into Nave 12, in the same space as the Naves del Español, the alternative headquarters of the emblematic theater. The cafeteria, with high ceilings and wooden floors, is summed up in a side bar where the omelette, the croquettes and the Madrid beer par excellence, a stall in the middle of the room (as if it were a piece of Lego) and a charming stage dedicated to talks, presentations and the most intimate concerts. Next to the recent Cineteca, in the same place where the Matadero boiler was located, la Cantina, a diaphanous and avant-garde cafeteria, points out ways as a meeting point for moderns.
Cafe Theater
The canteen
The Fishbowl of the Circle of Fine Arts Upon payment of one euro, you can sneak into La Pecera from the noble and historic cultural center of Alcalá. In a classic style, the cafeteria of the CBA it accumulates solitary readers, artists, well-to-do picnic ladies, intellectuals, conversation lovers and families rewarding children for silently contemplating any of the exhibitions that the Circle programs.
Huge windows, high frescoed ceilings, antique furniture and a female sculpture (from 1910) lying in the middle of the room they transport us to a Parisian scene at the beginning of the 20th century. In summer, wicker tables and chairs are spread out in front of the main façade, which are guarded by generous flowerpots and gigantic fans that spray the hot summer afternoons with water.
The woman in the rock of the CBA
SAVING THE TRIANGLE OF ART
The Viewpoint of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Another of the museums responsible for the artistic prestige of Madrid inaugurated its star hall a few summers ago: a restaurant on the roof (250 m2) of the old Villahermosa Palace. Before the revolution reached the kitchens of Madrid, the Thyssen restaurant already offered impeccable cuisine. Open from June to September, the attic of the museum (hence the name) brings together a public that knows how to identify a work by Van Eyck and the exact point of the hake. Yes indeed, Difficult to dine without a reservation. His specialties are concentrated in the Mediterranean and Daniel Napal, at the head of his noble cuisine, displays a careful and sincere gastronomic proposal where basics of the Spanish aperitif, soupy rice, fish recipes and sweet temptations.
Multi-story dining on art
Café and terraces of the Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum In September 2005, the Reina expanded its square meters. A complex designed by the architect Jean Nouvel was annexed to the old San Carlos Hospital. With him would come Arola restaurant that accumulated good reviews until its transfer to another address in Madrid.
In its place would be the avant-garde design of Vidal and Associates whose windows were designed to let the sun's rays pass unhindered. The concerts and cultural presentations have not been long in coming. With good weather, the museum airs part of its furniture in its patios and gardens: the terrace of the Sabatini Garden, an orchard imagined by the architect of the same name in the 18th century, the Atocha Terrace Bar , the most nocturnal of the three, and the Nouvel open-air bar, which offers a panoramic view to enjoy with the roofs of Madrid cats.
The Terrace of the Prado Museum Although the rain invites shelter between frames, the truth is that the sun can be a magnificent incentive for an artistic plan. And if not, ask those who tried the Terrace of our most international museum last summer. The surroundings of the Prado cried out for that twenty tables, sheltered by umbrellas, on its north façade (between the Puertas de Goya and the Puerta de los Jerónimos) that attracted followers until the heat of 2012 left.
A secluded sun that does not require a ticket to access the museum to enjoy a moment of peace. While you are debating between the permanent collection or the temporary exhibition, you can try one menu with decent options to enjoy a light meal or a snack for those who are growing.
The Queen's cafe (not the Queen's)