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Small Plates Carry Big Flavor
Put a Lid On It:
Your hunger that is. Cafe Madrid's specialty is tapas, the
little Spanish dishes whose name means "to cover."
They began as freebies in bars: thin slices of serrano ham
or saucers of food set atop wineglasses to keep out pesky
fruit flies. Today, you'll find a huge variety of tapas, both
hot and cold. Cafe Madrid offers a splendid assortment, and
while it wasn't Dallas' first tapas spot, at 10 years-plus
it probably is the longest running. We've never left disappointed.
Waltrina Stovall
Dallas News
Still
Tapa The Line
Evolution,
Not Revolution: Cafe Madrid still manages to charm with unpretentious
Spanish tapas in a quaintly rustic Uptown storefront. Owner
Donica Jimenez has loosened the menu to include a few tapas
of more dubious descent, such as fried scallops over mesclun
greens
Kim
Pierce
The Dallas Morning News
Guidelive.com
Restaurant
Guide
The
city's original tapas bar possesses so much character that
you're won over long before the food arrives. The choices,
a full spectrum of flavors and textures, ranges from lemon
butter-tinged sweetbreads to briny sardines. In a pretty presentation,
vivid red piquillo peppers are folded to make little pouches
stuffed with creamy goat cheese. Combine these with fruit,
assorted cheeses, and a robust red wine to feel like you're
in Europe.
Texas
Monthly
January 2002 issue
D
Best
Whether
with a dark red wine or a cool jug of Sangria, this is a happy
and fun little Spanish restaurant. Enjoy a plethora of small
plates, including deep fried smelt, tender sweetbreads in
lemon and caper butter, spicy rich blood sausage, garlic-laden
shrimp, grilled quail, and oxtail.
Review
in D Magazine January 2004
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