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jazz and other musical genres, 'Jacob's Ladder' is one of Madrid's most original
bars.
Huertas & Atocha
Huertas comes into its own after dark and stays that way until close to sunrise. Bars
are everywhere, from Sol down to the Paseo del Prado hinterland, but it's in Plaza
de Santa Ana and along Calle de las Huertas that most of the action is concen-
trated.
LA VENENCIA
Sherry Bar
( Calle de Echegaray 7; 1-3.30pm & 7.30pm-1.30am; Sol)
This is how sherry
bars should be - old-world, drinks poured straight from the dusty wooden barrels
and none of the frenetic activity for which Huertas is famous. There's no music, no
flashy decorations; it's all about you, your
fino
(sherry) and your friends.
CERVECERÍA ALEMANA
Beer Bar
( Plaza de Santa Ana 6; 11am-12.30am Sun-Thu, 11am-2am Fri & Sat, closed Aug;
Antón Martín or Sol)
If you've only got time to stop at one bar on Plaza de Santa
Ana, let it be this classic
cervecería
(beer bar) renowned for its cold, frothy beers.
This was one of Hemingway's haunts, and neither the wood-lined bar nor the bow-
tied waiters have changed since his day.
Malasaña & Chueca
CAFÉ COMERCIAL
Literary Cafe
( Glorieta de Bilbao 7; 7.30am-midnight Mon, 7.30am-1am Tue-Thu, 7.30am-2am Fri,
8.30am-2am Sat, 9am-midnight Sun; Bilbao)
This glorious old Madrid cafe
proudly fights a rearguard action against progress with heavy leather seats, abund-
ant marble and old-style waiters. Once as close as Madrid came to the intellectual
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