Puerta 57
Neither folksy nor funky nor fashionable, this brightly bourgeois bar swathed in polished wood is attached to the restaurant inside the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, home to the Real Madrid soccer team. A perfect order here unfolds like this: after a few crisp, plump <em>croquetas</em>, move on to a plate of <em>coquinas</em> (dime-size clams), and <em>pulpo gallego</em>, slices of both octopus and supremely buttery yellow potatoes under a dusting of paprika. Follow that with the city's definitive <em>callos</em> and/or a <em>fabada</em>, an Asturian white bean–and–smoked meat pot, here rendered as light as <em>cuisine minceur</em>. With an order of fried green Padrón peppers, please. Eat it all while watching Zidane's greatest goals on the video screen. If only every sports bar served wondrous "white shrimp" from Huelva and seafood rice that smacks of the Mediterranean. Yes, yes, you must try those too.
From the From the May 2008 Food & Wine Go List
Santiago Bernabéu stadium—home to the mighty Real Madrid soccer team—boasts a slew of excellent restaurants. The best is Puerta 57, which offers an encyclopedic roster of Madrid's classics tapas.
We loved: Razor clams ; (bean and smoked meat casserole).
Last updated May 2008
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