Two markets to dominate Malasaña: Barceló and San Ildefonso
- I come because it's lifelong, this man went to school with my children... There are times I get angry with them but you have to put up with them a little (laughs) like they do with us (laughs). A bag of Galician potatoes (you know how I want them, I don't want them too fat), spinach, don't you have chives? How are the chestnuts? Hala, I'm not loaded anymore.
We are in front of one of the oldest stalls in the Barceló Market, Alberto Mate Blanco's greengrocer, “ my teeth came out in the greengrocer , my grandfather started, then my father and now I follow”.
Since September 30, one hundred merchants attend a multipurpose building designed by Nieto and Sobejano with 8,345 square meters. A white cube, in which some miss windows, where we find butchers, florists or fishmongers that conquer short distances.
We let ourselves be tempted Grocery Barceló Delicatessen (Position 211) : edible flowers crystallized with sugar , quinoa, la perla lagoon rice, Boñar nicanores...
Design, crafts and gastronomy market on Barceló Island
on the top floor We are Malasana organizes events in the Isla Barceló space. From November 14 to 16, the second edition of the Malasaña Marke will be held, where creators and artists will exhibit their work in 55 exhibitors (each purchase has a prize, a free beer ) .
That white bucket stores the products for your pantry, malasañero
We left behind Barceló with its carts and shopping bags to discover that the paradise of any instagramer is in San Ildefonso. The stalls that flooded the street in the 18th century gave way to Madrid's first covered market (demolished in 1970). Thus San Ildefonso street, for less than six months, returns to its origins with a street market in the purest London, Mexico or New York style. A temptation at every turn.
Market entrance in Fuencarral street
After crossing the threshold of this street market they call us the ham cones from ** Arturo Sánchez ** (2.59 euros), the raclette toasts from **Cheese Tavern (Poncelet) ** for two euros, or the hamburgers from veal, fresh foie gras, black truffle and cranberry sauce for nine euros from ** Hook and direct Gourmet Burgers **.
Bar del Mercado, for a very cold beer
The market has 18 stalls to satisfy gourmets looking for a bargain: croquettes at Cabrales at ** La Croqueterie **, monkfish skewers at ** La Brochette ** or David Delgado's gourmet tapas at Dp Caps . In the next few days the last market stall will open Streep Potato , to taste roasted potatoes with different sauces.
Overlooking the ** Cultura Café 13 ** (what crêpes, brother), the gastronomic director of the San Ildefonso Market, David Delgado , is satisfied "we wanted to make a market accessible and affordable for the neighborhood , in which people could be two or three times a week". It seems that they have succeeded, almost every afternoon it is full.
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Terrace of the San Ildefonso Market