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If this weekend you feel like enjoying a good aperitif with a vermouth plus tapas plan, here are 8 of the best places in Madrid that you should visit at vermouth time. Take note and take a route through these classic bars of the capital. Because a good aperitif is known when it starts, but not when it ends.
Casa Camacho
Located in the heart of Malasaña, this place is presided over by huge vermouth barrels arranged on the wall behind the bar and a few vermouth taps, which leave no doubt about its vermouth tradition. If you want to get into the atmosphere you will have to try the house specialty: the Yayos. This is a drink in which the main ingredient is vermouth, to which they add gin and soda. And, of course, all accompanied by olives and chips.
La Gildería
There is nothing like enjoying a good glass of vermouth while you accompany it with a delicious gilda. In this place in La Latina you can combine it to perfection. Different varieties of vermouth with a lot of types of gildas, pickles and preserves. All in a modern atmosphere and very good vibes for you to start with the appetizer and enjoy until late at night.
La Colmada
This wine and grocery store is also the perfect place to have an aperitif in the Malasaña neighborhood. It is a neighborhood bar with a lot of tradition and, in addition to vermutería, also serves good beers. You can accompany your drink with delicious preserves, cold meats, cheeses or heaping portions, such as Russian salad, scorpion fish pie or octopus. Who is up for an aperitif this weekend?
Taberna de Ángel Sierra
It is one of the oldest taverns in Madrid with almost 106 years of life. Its decoration says it all: old bottles with years of history, barrels of yesteryear or the traditional vermouth taps, considered one of the best in Madrid. As a curiosity, in this place Almodóvar filmed the movie ‘La flor de mi secreto’ in 1995 and even Mick Jagger himself went to try their vermouth. Accompanies the appetizer with preserves and canapés of all life.
AMÓS Rosewood Villa Magna
If you feel like trying another type of vermouth plan, this season the AMÓS restaurant at the Rosewood Villa Magna hotel is serving Cantabrian vermouth on its terrace. From Thursday to Sunday, from 12:30 to 14 h, they offer a special menu for 25 € that includes apple vermouth with gordal olive sphere, the Cantabrian anchovy Costera and gilda versioned, a tartlet of tuna and pickles, the tortilla de Amós, the bombón de ensaladilla with violet potato and salmon roe or a croquette of stew with Iberian jowl veil, among other delicacies. Here you have the most chic appetizer of this spring.
La Hora del Vermut
It is, without a doubt, the temple of vermouth. In this stall located in the Mercado de San Miguel for 14 years, they have a wide range of vermouths, signature sangrias, pickles and pies made daily. As for the typical aperitif drink, they have 4 types of vermouth on tap, in addition to a total of 80 vermouth references from all over Spain (Galicia, Cordoba, Reus, La Rioja, Madrid, Jerez or Zaragoza). And in a rite as traditional as this, you can not miss accompaniments such as gildas, banderillas, olives, empanadas and much more.
Viva Madrid
If you are looking for a different proposal for an aperitif with vermouth, this ‘unusual’ tavern, as they define themselves, can be a great option. You know that everything that bears the stamp of Salmon Guru and Diego Cabrera is synonymous with fun, quality and originality. And with their vermouth it was not going to be different. Here you will find a lot of cocktail options with this ingredient, like their Our Groni, which has white tequila macerated with orejones and chipotle bell pepper, Campari, Vermouth fiero and smoked salt.
Bodega La Ardosa
It is a classic among classics in Madrid to have a vermouth. It belongs to that select group of century-old taverns that have stood the test of time. With more than 130 years of history, here they serve vermouth without ice, in small and elongated glass, as in the old days. You can accompany it with some of their typical tapas: from croquettes of cabrales, carabinero or cecina, to sausages or their popular tortilla de patatas (potato omelette). Its tables are old vermouth barrels.