Txoko Taberna - Madrid

This very small and cozy restaurant is located in the EUSKAL ETXEA/Hogar Vasco Vasque Home-Away-From-Home/Cultural Center) literally steps away from Paseo de la... read more This very small and cozy restaurant is located in the EUSKAL ETXEA/Hogar Vasco Vasque Home-Away-From-Home/Cultural Center) literally steps away from Paseo de la Castellana and across the Palacio de la Zarzuela Theater. There are two restaurants in the same building: Sagardi, with a more expensive Vasque cuisine, located on the first floor, and this smaller one, Txoko, located on the basement of the building. A txoko is a small place for meetings in the Vasque language. I have always gone there for their menu del día daily menu) which only has one or two options with first and second course each), and for their excellent and authentic pinxos Vasque version of tapas) selection.