Madrid’s gastronomy is one of the most popular in all of Spain. The main reason is what is its most emblematic dish: cookeda popular stew prepared with chickpeas and different types of meats and vegetables that is eaten in different phases.
With the arrival of cold weather, stew becomes a recurring dish in Spanish homes. However, there are those who prefer to eat it outside the home, in one of the Madrid restaurants who serve him. There are many options and each has its particular variety or differentiating element.
However, if most of them agree on one thing, it is the increase in their prices. And it is difficult to find a restaurant that serves good quality stews for less than 25 euros. However, there is an establishment where customers can taste this delicious delicacy for less than 15 euros: Bar Menendez.
This is the Madrid stew from Bar Menéndez
Eating a good stew at an affordable price and with unbeatable service is possible at Bar Menéndez. The restaurant is located in the heart of Madrid. Specifically, it is located at the entrance to the Santa María de la Cabeza market, in the Arganzuela neighborhood, and allows you to taste this dish for only 13.50 euros.
The owner of this popular bar is Eduardo Menendezwho founded the restaurant 12 years ago that has already become a reference in Madrid for the unbeatable quality-price ratio of its dishes, with the stew as the star. This is evidenced by its Google score of 4.5 out of 10 and the more than 60 stews it serves per week.
Bar Menéndez stew can be eaten Monday to Saturdaysince the establishment is closed on Sundays. The key to the success of this dish is its high quality and affordable price. In addition, one of the secrets of their great flavor is that they heat the dish and the stew in the oven, both made of clay.
Bar Menéndez was already a meeting point for many residents of the Arganzuela neighborhood. However, a month ago it started gaining popularity after the content creator Cocytuber will promote it in a video published on their social networks.
Alfonso, real name of this “influencer” dedicated to discovering the best bars and restaurants in Spain, shared a video at the beginning of October in which he tried what, according to him, is the “I cook cheaper and more complete in Madrid.
“It’s cool that they put the noodles al dente and then the soup with lots of flavor…” the content creator begins, trying the dish and pointing out the amount of ingredients it contains: “Blood sausage, blood sausage, chorizo, carrot, potato, baconchickpeas, peppers, cabbage, onions…
As the food influencer points out, you can accompany the stew with “all the bread you want”. The result, a dish of the best quality at an unbeatable price: only 13.50 euros, with drink and homemade dessert included.
However, customers of Bar Menéndez are not only attracted by its stew, but the restaurant also offers succulent daily menus composed of a first at 3.50 euros and a second at 4.50. “I come every day. Everything is great and the quality is amazing. “They are super nice, it’s full,” says a customer of the establishment in the Cocituber video.
