La Bola

Name: La Bola
Address: Ópera, Madrid, ES
Price range: $$

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La Bola cooks individual cocido portions in earthenware pots over charcoal, which is the reason to pick it over a generic stew menu. The room is tourist-aware but still useful for a first traditional cocido.

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Getting thereUse Ópera or Santo Domingo Metro and walk the final blocks rather than taxiing into the narrow old-center streets.

Hours13:30-15:30 lunch; 4-min walk from Santo Domingo Metro and busiest on cold weekends.

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