Madrid Restaurant Near Las Ventas

[RichardA]

I am seeking restaurant recommendations for the area near the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid for a Sunday evening. I am seeking good Spanish cuisine. It could be a great tapas bar or a high end restaurant.

[vserna]

A restaurant wasteland - not to mention on a Sunday evening.

[pedro]

What about Ordago? I think they're pretty much in the same shape they've always been. Good traditional Basque cuisine.

There aren't many restaurants in the area, I agree, but you can do pretty well tapas wise, and if you walk a little --or take the tub--, hit L'Andecha or Cafetería Bruselas for some upscale raciones, wouldn't you say so?

I've been trying --unsuccessfully- to find something Álvaro Lerena --I think-- wrote for Metrópoli about eating in the area during the last San Isidro.

[luizhorta]

http://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/2007/05/11...1178834513.html

What about Ordago? I think they're pretty much in the same shape they've always been. Good traditional Basque cuisine.

There aren't many restaurants in the area, I agree, but you can do pretty well tapas wise, and if you walk a little --or take the tub--, hit L'Andecha or Cafetería Bruselas for some upscale raciones, wouldn't you say so?

I've been trying --unsuccessfully- to find something Álvaro Lerena --I think-- wrote for Metrópoli about eating in the area during the last San Isidro.

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[Reignking]

I am seeking restaurant recommendations for the area near the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid for a Sunday evening.  I am seeking good Spanish cuisine.  It could be a great tapas bar or a high end restaurant.

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Does it have to be there? Or are you traveling from elsewhere? Could you drive?

[pedro]

http://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/2007/05/11...1178834513.html

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I've been trying --unsuccessfully- to find something Álvaro Lerena --I think-- wrote for Metrópoli about eating in the area during the last San Isidro.

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Good try, but it was a listing of several places what I was after, Luiz.

[vserna]

Or-Dago, the only good restaurant in a five-block radius, is closed Sundays. Otherwise, of course catching a Metro or driving a car can get you anywhere in the city...

[RichardA]

It does not have to be near the Las Ventas but I thought that since I would be there that there might a worthwhile restaurant in the area.

I am staying at the Palacio del Retiro so would take a taxi to Las Ventas. I will be dining at Viridiana on Sat. night. Sunday night will be my last night in Madrid before I head into wine country.

[Rogelio]

Well, there is Casa Toribio (New Street) in 14 Cardenal Belluga St . who is usually the owner of all the bull's tails fighted at Las Ventas, he also has great anchoives and very good red prawns. Prices are on the high side for a tavern but there is plenty of local colour, specially during the bullfighting season. And it's open on Sundays.

[vserna]

I am staying at the Palacio del Retiro so would take a taxi to Las Ventas.

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Then your best Sunday-night bet, more or less halfway between Las Ventas and Palacio del Retiro, is Casa Rafa - one of Madrid's fine, classic 'marisquerías' or seafood houses.

http://www.amerc.es/CASARAFA/index.asp?idasociado=121

[RichardA]

Thanks for the suggestions. Both Casa Toribio and Casa Rafa sound interesting and I will definitely consider them.