Streets to eat them: Jorge Juan in Madrid (and alleys)
As has happened in Chamberí with Calle Ponzano , in Las Salesas with Calle Santa Teresa or in La Latina with Duque de Alba , in Salamanca one street has led the renovation and gastronomic transformation of the neighbourhood: Jorge Juan Street . Between the section between Príncipe de Vergara and Serrano, but especially between Velázquez and Serrano. That cobbled one-way street for cars with large sidewalks for pedestrians and two unmistakable alleys that until a few years ago looked bored from its luxury stores at passers-by is today, at the time of the aperitif, lunch or dinner, a constant bustle due to the concentration of new or almost new restaurants, each with a very different personality.
AMAZONIAN
The restaurant that everyone talks about, but not everyone has been able to go to. The waiting lists are already historic, the reservations complicated, and whoever manages to go continues to rise in fame. Fourth restaurant of the marriage formed by Marta Seco and Sandro Silva , two of the main people responsible for Jorge Juan being what he is today (also owners of El Paraguas and Quintín), is a multicultural gastronomic journey with the Amazonas as an excuse and as a setting. India, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, China… they merge in their dishes and their cocktails.
THE ROOSTERS TAVERN
In the Puigcerda alley , after passing La Maquina de Jorge Juan and Mesón Cinco Jotas , is the The Roosters Tavern which is already almost one of the veterans in the area, but which knew how to update and renew itself in time with the opening of the attic, the largest space in the premises and also the most pleasant with its glass roof that can be opened or closed depending on the time of the year. Its eggs with whitebait and peppers make it a mandatory stop.
BABELIA
Attached to Los Gallos in the alley of Puigcerdá, it shares with its neighbor a menu of traditional tapas reinvented . And it has a star dish at aperitif time that we already praised: the omelette.
Tapas of a lifetime but as you have never tried them
NOT RESTAURANT
I don't say no to rice like this... I don't want to start off on the wrong foot... The positive philosophy of no is behind the menu of Chef Xavier Marquez in this place that closes the Puigcerdá alley. Traditional Spanish tapas and dishes with an international twist.
Never say never in NO
QUINTIN GROCERY
The second location Sandro Silva and Marta Seco they opened in Jorge Juan in 2014, it still has a stable success, despite the fact that his new brother, Amazónico; and his older brother, El Paraguas (his first store, opened in 2004), proudly watch over him from the opposite sidewalk. All of them responsible for this success of the road in the Salamanca district. all based on the product quality in traditional recipes with international and avant-garde touches . All very careful in their decoration and atmosphere very different from each other.
Quentin never fails
THE WELL APPEARED
In honor of the patron saint of Cantabria This restaurant is designed with simple shapes and noble materials from the local a la carte, where anchovies from Santoña or squid rings from Santander or traditional stews could not be missing. Quality and quantity are not at odds in another of the most fashionable restaurants in Madrid.
The Cantabrian corner in Jorge Juan
JUMPING VELAZQUEZ
** La Colonial de Goya ** is one of the most traditional establishments in Jorge Juan. While others around it opened and closed or changed their names, this all-white establishment remained simple and unassuming. Opposite, Álbora bets on the tasting menus. More for tradition. And Ocafú for Galician gastronomy. An apple as plagued as its neighbor.
The new Japanese fashion 47 ronin , a little further up, is the latest proof of Jorge Juan's success as a gastronomic avant-garde street. 47 Ronin is the new proposal by Borja Gracia, the same after the first izakaya in Madrid, Hattori Hanzō , more sophisticated, and with cocktails designed by Diego Cabrera.
Sea foie on Sauternes gelée lychee and mushrooms
AND PASSING PRINCE DE VERGARA...
Jorge Juan continues. And a lot. And when it comes to Retiro, it also offers varied and quality cuisine, such as VaiVen 55 or the Thai Thaydi.
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