“Without my morning coffee I’m just like a dried up piece of roast goat.” - Johann Sebastian Bach
Are you one of those who like to eat out for Breakfast? Do you like to enjoy a nice, hot cup of coffee in a great café that's not too expensive? Do you study, live and travel through the centre of Madrid? Today the Madrid Nightlife Guide will help you locate some classic cafés and bars where you can have a good priced breakfast or just enjoy a great cup of coffee.
“The coffee was boiling over a charcoal fire, and large slices of bread and butter were piled one upon the other like deals in a lumber yard.” - Charles Dickens
1. GRAZIE MILLE
Calle Mayor, 31: GRAZIE MILLE
Grazie Mille is located in the middle of "Calle Mayor". This venue serves as a meeting place for Madrid's resident Italian community, and in turn, is the right place to enjoy their delicacies. They offer Milanese aperitif, Aperol Spritz drinks and what I like the most: Cappuccinos and "cornetto riempito" with Nutella (croissant stuffed with chocolate). If you love Italian cuisine and don't want to break the bank, you have a Grazie Mille daily menu every day for less than €10 and is a quite tasty and filling menu. Breakfast is served Monday to Friday from 10 am until 12 Noon and you can choose between various types of coffee and pastries or toast to accompany them. We would like to highlight their cappuccino, prepared with great care and attention, and the result is an amazing coffee with froth. Their cappuccino is good and they also always put the final touch for the client by making a drawing with caramel or chocolate on top.
“If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee,” - Nancy Astor
- “If I were your husband I would drink it.” - Winston Churchill
2. FERPAL
Calle Arenal, 7 Location FERPAL
Ferpal is a well established family business that opened in 1971 and is dedicated to the sale fine meats. Fantastic location on "Arenal" street a few meters from Sol has made it one of those places where tourists and natives come together at any time of the day. Although their sausages are good, their sandwiches are definitely worth trying for only €1 each and you have a variety: tuna and tomato, cheese and nuts, mixing salami, spicy sausage, leek and ham, turkey and tomato... Inside Ferpal there is a small cafe where you can eat breakfast, have a beer or just grab a mid-morning sandwich. Breakfast is not very expensive, coffee from €1.30 and 95 cents sandwich, although not an extensive breakfast selection. They also have soya milk, skimmed, lactose free for no extra charge.
“It was a pleasant cafe, warm and clean and friendly, and I hung up my old water-proof on the coat rack to dry and put my worn and weathered felt hat on the rack above the bench and ordered a cafe au lait. The waiter brought it and I took out a notebook from the pocket of the coat and a pencil and started to write.” - Ernest Hemingway
3. MÜR
Plaza Cristino Martos, 2 Location
Mür Café has become one of the local reference in Madrid. Located a few meters from "Plaza de España", is a cozy European coffee-shop. Decorated with vintage furniture and a spectacular menu for breakfast, cakes, cocktails and snacks, Mür Café is one of those venues that once in, you do not want to leave. If you want a chilled breakfast, and to try delicious things, just head down (if you have not already done so) to Mür Café. They have nine types of breakfast, from the 'Traditional Breakfast' with tea or coffee plus two slices of house-made toast for only €2.70 to the most abundant as in the case of 'Full English Breakfast' with tea or coffee, plus a plate with bacon, tenderloin, white pudding, eggs, baked beans and toast. Their latte is served with a mini chocolate bar for €1.70, and if you opt for a large cappuccino it's €2.70. What if you want something sweet? We can recommend with coffee one of their delicious cakes or croissants for €1.40. They are crispy and crumble as you bite.
“Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It’s the only thing “real” men do that doesn't seem to threaten their masculinity. To women, it’s on the same domestic entry level as putting the spring back into the toilet-tissue holder or taking a chicken out of the freezer to thaw.” - Erma Bombeck
4. LA CASA ENCENDIDA
House on Fire
Coffee served here is for those who have not forgotten that intense, sweet and strong flavour. Coffee for coffee lovers. All their produce comes from fair trade organic farming also have the detail to make a drawing with frothy milk. We go for croissants and chocolate cake, but everything they else serve also has an authentic flavor.
“Coffee is black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.” - Charles Maurice
5. MAMÁ FRAMBOISE
Raspberry Mum
Mamá Framboise is a special place, it is the first French Boulangerie / Pâtisserie to open in Madrid. This hidden gem is decorated in French Provencal style and is a paradise for connoisseurs like us for cakes, macaroons, biscuits, cookies, croissants ... Everything is exquisite! In Mama Framboise you can also enjoy great coffee. We suggest the cappuccino, it is creamy and frothy, with a little bit of chocolate, plus they also usually add a little drawing on the milk. If you like nice and cozy places where you can chill, this is your place.
“Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm.” - Dutch saying
6. MOLAR
Molar
Cafe Molar has become one of the liveliest local cafés in "La Latina" neighborhood, in the "Rastro" Market. It is a bookstore / cafe / record store: three in one. Their breakfasts are also an option to consider, a cafe bar with tomato or butter is priced at €2.20, the size of the bars and the coffee is good, the atmosphere is nice as well. If you are one of those who drink soy, here comes a surcharge of 20 cents. Although call Café Molar, you can also take a beer, snack in the afternoon, attend one of their exhibitions, buy CDs or books, and see one of the concerts typically staged as I said it is a very lively place . They have a selection of vinyl records in store betting on emerging talent and independent labels.
“Decaffeinated coffee is the devil’s blend.” - Anonymous
7. CAFELITO
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Cafelito is our most recent discovery, takes about open days and predict that it will become the local coffee growers in Madrid. It is located in the heart of Lavapies, a few meters of the "Pious" School of San Fernando and is a local expert in coffee. The manager is Julio, a barista serving customers there are close to taste a good coffee. You can go for breakfast, after dinner coffee or afternoon, his schedule is wide and you'll feel welcome in their parlor. They serve breakfast from 8am to 10am There are several options to give you an idea a breakfast consisting of coffee with toast and oil leaves for €2 (£1.60) if you opt for a homemade cake or muffin are €3 (£2.40) and if you prefer a homemade cake are €1.60 (£1.28). If you prefer a full breakfast with juice, coffee or tea bar and leaves you €3 (£2.40).
"He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together, it was something." - Jospephine Baker
8. MARTINA KITCHEN
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Martina Kitchen is a charming, modern and relaxed place in the "Cascorro" square. It opened last year (May 2014) and since then, has become one of the most popular cafe-restaurants in the area, and that's something. They have sandwiches, quiches, Argentine pasties, cakes, "alfajores" and salads. Coffees from €1,30. This neighbourhood needed a local cafe like this where you can have breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, and even a drink with friends, learn English and enjoy a relaxed evening. From this venue you can't leave without trying their exceptional carrot or chocolate cake with caramel €4,50 (£3.60), or one of their lemonades €3,50 (£2.80) or a fruit juice €4 (£3.20).
9. REFRA
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A no-frills traditional bar with faithful clientele and where the waiters know, without you having to ask them, what you want to order. They serve breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner and drinks if you are up for it. A latte goes for €1,10 and a breakfast consisting of coffee with more milk or a bread stick with tomato and butter, cakes or "churros" costs €2. If you prefer a heavier breakfast, coffee with a "Pincho de tortilla" (slice if Spanish omelette) is €3, the same as if you opt for a coffee with "mixto" (ham & cheese) toasted sandwich. One good thing is that they have soy-milk for not extra cost.
“It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.” - Comedian Dave Barry
10. LORETO
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Along this street many modern venues have appeared where wooden and vintage furniture has gained ground, one of the last to arrive was the Loreto Café Bar. Breakfasts from €2,50, daily lunch menu from €11, dinner, cocktails and drinks. You have to try their toasted bread stick with tomato!
“A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." - Albert Einstein
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