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Casa Lucas
LA LATINA AND LAVAPIÉS
C. Cava Baja, 30
}91 365 08 04; www.casalucas.es
Props to Casa Lucas for making life seem simple and delicious. On a long block of successful restaurants, bars, and tabe…
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Bogui Jazz Club
CHUECA
C. del Barquillo, 29
}91 521 15 68; www.boguijazz.com
Bogui is one of Madrid’s premier jazz venues and most happening weekend clubs. Nightly sets of live jazz (9 and 11pm) ar…
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La Vía Láctea
MALASAÑA
C. de Velarde, 18
}91 446 75 81; www.lavialactea.net
La Vía Láctea is a Spanish temple dedicated to rock, grunge, and everything ’70s counterculture. It was founded in the e…
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Tempo Club
ARGÜELLES AND MONCLOA
C. del Duque de Osuna 8
}91 547 75 18; www.tempoclub.net
International or local, jazz or soul, Tempo Club does not discriminate so long as a rhythm section and horns are involve…
Palacio Gaviria
EL CENTRO
C. del Arenal, 9
}91 526 60 69; www.palaciogaviria.com
Built in 1850 and inspired by the Italian Renaissance, Palacio Gaviria is a beautiful palace turned nightlife hotspot. M…
Cafe del Príncipe
EL CENTRO
Pl. de Canalejas, 5
}91 531 81 83
A 2min. walk from Puerta del Sol, this bar and restaurant offers the “best mojitos in Madrid” as well as a variety of en…
Joy Eslava
EL CENTRO
C. del Arenal, 11
}91 366 37 33; www.joy-eslava.com
An old standby, this converted theater has stayed strong amid Madrid’s rapidly changing nightlife scene. Number one amon…
La Perejila
LA LATINA AND LAVAPIÉS
C. Cava Baja, 25
}91 364 28 55
La Perejila feels a bit like the world’s most inviting shoebox. The interior is filled with beautiful antiques from the …
Angelika Cocktail Bar
LA LATINA AND LAVAPIÉS
C. Cava Baja, 24
}91 364 55 31; www.angelika.es
Vintage DVD posters line the walls, projectors screen international films, and the walls are lined with DVDs for rent. A…
El Bonanno
LA LATINA AND LAVAPIÉS
Pl. del Humilladero, 4
}91 366 68 86; www.elbonanno.com
Located at the southern end of the bustling C. Cava Baja, El Bonanno makes a great first stop of the evening or last-min…
Aroca XI
LA LATINA AND LAVAPIÉS
Pl. de los Carros
}91 366 54 75; www.grupoaroca.com
Aroca XI is painfully posh. And the drinks are objectively great. Fresh fruit makes everything better. The cocktail menu…
Shoko
LA LATINA AND LAVAPIÉS
C. de Toledo, 86
}91 354 16 91; www.shokomadrid.com
With massive “bamboo” shoots that reach to the ceiling, a huge stage featuring internationally acclaimed acts, and a swa…
Kapital
LAS HUERTAS
C. de Atocha, 125
}91 420 29 06; www.grupo-kapital.com/kapital
This is the mothership of Madrid nightlife. Built in a gutted theater, Kapital is a seven-story temple of trashy fun. Th…
Sol y Sombra
LAS HUERTAS
C. de Echegaray, 18
}91 542 81 93; www.solysombra.name‎
With thousands of LED lights on every last surface, Sol y Sombra might be the most high-tech thing ever to hit Madrid. U…
Cafe La Fidula
LAS HUERTAS
C. de las Huertas, 57
}91 429 29 47; www.myspace.com/lafidula
This jazz bar has been on the Las Huertas strip since long before the tourists started showing up. For more than 30 year…
El Imperfecto
LAS HUERTAS
Pl. de Matute, 2
}91 366 72 11
El Imperfecto is unapologetically kitschy with walls plastered with images from American film, music, and art, and decor…
El Secreto de Rita
LAS HUERTAS
C. de Echegaray, 10
El Secreto de Rita is a small bar that holds its own on a long block of discotecas. Dim lighting, soul revival music, an…
Viva Madrid
LAS HUERTAS
C. de Manuel Fernández y González, 7
}91 429 36 40
Viva Madrid has long been a favorite celebrity haunt; it’s rumored that Ava Gardner and the bullfighter Manolete got han…
iReal
LAS HUERTAS
C. de Echegaray, 16
Gaga gets old. When you tire of American dance music, iReal is a good place to educate yourself in the latest Spanish di…
Midnight Rose
LAS HUERTAS
Pl. de Santa Ana, 14
}91 701 60 20; www.midnightrose.es
Swanky, bougie, euro-yuppy—these are all words that apply to Pl. de Santa Ana’s top-dollar cocktail lounge in the ME Mad…

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