Spanish Restaurants
our suggestions
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Casa Mono
52 Irving Place, Gramercy, NYMario Batali’s Spanish tapas haven. This is one of those rare places that, if you sample a lot of things, enjoy a bottle of wine or three, and listen to what your waiter suggests, you will have a complete and satisfying dining experience.
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Salinas
136 9th Ave., Chelsea, NYChelsea is a challenging neighborhood when it comes to eating. We’re usually only here before an event at Madison Square Garden or because a large group of females we know felt like eating tapas – and this is where large groups of females go to eat tapas. Why on earth are there so many Spanish [...]
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Socarrat Paella Bar
259 W 19th St., Chelsea, NYNo bigger than a subway car, Socarrat packs the majority of their patrons on bar stools around a communal table. The idea here is that they do paella the way it’s done in Spain, as one big family. In such a small space, keeping the drool inside your mouth while you wait for your food is no easy task.
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Mercat
45 Bond St., NoHo, NYYou won’t catch the Infatuation hanging out here on a regular basis, but every once in a while it’s fun to kick back, drink in hand, and watch the ridiculous action unfold around you. Their selection of exclusively Spanish wines is just as attractive as the pretty people drinking them and – shocker special – the food is good too.
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Tia Pol
205 10th Ave., Chelsea, NYTia Pol is an ultimate Infatuation First/Early In The Game Date spot. Take the edge off, have a couple of glasses of wine, and maybe some sangria while you’re at it too. Conversation will be flowing freely, you’ll be sharing quality small plates, and before you know it, you’ll wind up back in her apartment listening to Lady GaGa while you play grab-ass on the couch.
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Bar Carrera
146 W. Houston St., Greenwich Village, NYBar Carrera is an example of little things done right. The diminutive Spanish restaurant and wine bar turns out excellent small plates from a tiny kitchen at the back of the room.
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Bar Jamón
125 E. 17th St., Gramercy, NYWe probably should have posted this review when we first wrote about Casa Mono, but that was back in the day when Immaculate Infatuation was just a struggling newborn, still in the incubator. I think Casa Mono was restaurant review number five on the site. But now that we’re a strong (and fussy) two year [...]
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Socarrat Nolita
284 Mulberry St., Nolita, NYWe like the original Socarrat Paella Bar quite a bit – and we’re obviously not the only ones. So, as it goes when you’ve got a hot concept, Socarrat has begun its sprawl with a wine bar adjacent to its Chelsea flagship and a new, comparatively spacious location in Nolita. This Nolita location is exciting [...]
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Txikito
240 9th Ave., Chelsea, NYWhat does Txikito mean? Well, first of all, it’s a play on the ancient Basque language where a T followed by an X makes a “ch”. Therefore, you get the adorable name, pronounced “chic kee toh”. What does “chic kee toh” mean? That two straight guys can never meet here for dinner. “Dude, meet me [...]
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El Quinto Pino
401 W. 24th St., Chelsea, NYA while back, we pointed out in the Txikito review that this particular block of NYC happens to be in an ideal corridor for first date dining. El Quinto Pino is certainly part of that equation, but we say so a bit reluctantly. Why? Well, it’s a cozy little wine and tapas bar with character, [...]
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