Lavapiés
Madrid's most multicultural barrio: immigrant kitchens, a coffee roastery and the La Tabacalera art space.
Madrid's most multicultural barrio, Lavapiés layers Indian, Senegalese and pan-immigrant kitchens over a steep grid of corralas and street art, with a specialty-coffee roastery and the vast La Tabacalera art space giving it real creative weight. The bar is high here because the casual offer is so deep: this is the global-street-food and global-casual hood where you follow the genuine operators, not the tourist signage. For an Istanbul visitor, the density and diversity feel immediately familiar.
Highlights
Cafe
2 places
Shop
1 place
Lavapiés's real neo-Mudéjar market, from fishmongers to natural wine
Bar
4 places
Restaurant
4 places
Gallery
3 places