€€€€SpanishCentroMon-Sat 13:00-24:00; Sun 13:00-16:00
Lhardy on Carrera de San Jeronimo in Madrid has poured consome from a silver urn at its downstairs counter since 1839; the post-theatre crowd still drops.
OrderConsome from the silver urn
TipWalk-in only at the downstairs counter. Consome runs 4 euros, eaten standing. Upstairs dining room closes 23:00.
€€€€Spanish tapasLa LatinaMon-Wed 18:00-02:00; Thu 12:00-02:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-02:30; Sun 12:00-02:00
Pez Tortilla on Cava Baja in Madrid's La Latina serves 20 variants of pincho de tortilla until 00:30 nightly (01:30 Fri-Sat), with rotating fillings.
OrderPincho de tortilla
TipWalk-in. The pincho de tortilla classico is 3 euros; the rotating special 4.50. Cana de artesana 3.50.
€€€€Spanish tapasMalasanaMon-Sat 12:30-02:00
Casa Camacho in Madrid's Malasana pours the yayo (vermut with gin and seltzer) until 01:30 nightly except Sundays; the 1928 working-class taberna still gets.
OrderYayo cocktail and tortilla
TipCash only. Walk-in only. Closed Sundays. The yayo runs 3 euros; tortilla pincho 3.
€€€€SpanishCentroDaily 11:00-24:00
Casa Mingo on Paseo de la Florida in Madrid is the 1888 Asturian sidreria pouring house cider with roast chicken until midnight, every day of the week.
OrderRoast chicken plus sidra
TipWalk-in only. The 22:00-24:00 slot is the calmest; whole roast chicken 12 euros, bottle of sidra 6.
€€€€Spanish tapasCentroMon-Thu 09:30-23:00; Fri-Sat 09:30-24:00; Sun 09:30-23:30
Bar La Ideal off Plaza Mayor in Madrid serves the bocadillo de calamares until 23:00 nightly; the standing-room counter crowd that takes it after the theatre.
OrderBocadillo de calamares
TipWalk-in only; cash strongly preferred. The bar fills up after 22:00 with the post-theatre crowd. Bocadillo 5.50 euros.
€€€€Spanish tapasCentroSun-Mon and Wed-Thu 11:00-00:30; Fri-Sat 11:00-02:00; Tue closed
Cerveceria Alemana on Plaza de Santa Ana in Madrid pours tank Mahou and serves gambas a la plancha until 00:30 (02:00 Fri-Sat) at the long marble bar.
OrderTank Mahou and gambas a la plancha
TipWalk-in. The terrace on Plaza de Santa Ana stays open until 01:00 in summer; cana 3 euros, gambas a la plancha 12.
€€€€Street foodMalasanaSun-Wed 12:00-24:00, Thu-Sat 12:00-02:30
Mercado de San Ildefonso on Calle Fuencarral in Madrid's Malasana stays open until 02:30 on Thursday to Saturday, with 18 counters of street food.
OrderStreet food counter mix
TipWalk-in. The terrace floor with the bar is the headline late-night zone; cocktails 8 to 12 euros.
€€€€Spanish tapasChuecaSun-Thu 12:00-02:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-02:30
El Tigre in Madrid's Chueca pours jarras of cana with free plates of patatas bravas, croquetas and jamon until 01:30; the late-night Chueca pre-club crowd.
OrderFree tapas with jarra
TipCash only. Walk-in only at the standing-room bar. The 22:00-01:00 slot is the bar's late-night peak.