b-served Gastronomy
MADRE reaches 30
Modern neigbourbood tavern
A traditional modern-day neighbourhood tavern serving honest and tasty cuisine. MADRE turns 30 in 2024, and to celebrate, the owner Leo Chechelniskiy pays tribute to his mother Alexandra Chechelniskaya who founded Intertapa (its precursor), a tapas restaurant where he grew up and got his first working experiecnes. Both inside and outside MADRE evokes the atmosphere of a local bar with its spacious terrace and its spectacular views of the Sagrada Família. In its own distinctive way MADRE, celebrates the residential neighbourhood that has been undergoing so many changes throughout the construction of the eponymous basilica over the last few decades, avoiding the flood of tourists who cannot overcome the temptation of the fast food restaurants that surround the monument today.
The new menu features 20 dishes that reflect the legacy of 30 years of history, including both cold and warm options, classic tapas dishes, and main courses that also feature a range of tempting 'off-menu' choices, as well as their succulent rice dishes. MADRE serves food all day from Noon till Midnight, 7 days a week, with various meal options throughout its opening hours: Slow-cooked, tasty stews, where the emphasis is on the seasonal produce, such as the creamy Iberian Pork rice, the reinterpreted Tenderloin Beef Wellington with croissant, the Butifarra cannelloni with porcini and truffle bechamel or a tasty Monkfish suquet with clams and potatoes, perfect for scraping the pan clean with bread.
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Photo of Alexandra Chechelniskaya with her son Leo
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The traditional Spanish tapas that convention demands are also represented: the succulent Potato and Onion Omelette, the Cod fritters with romesco sauce, the Russian salad with prawns or the humble but perfect Triple 0 Cantabrian anchovies. These are all displayed and prepared in the so-called Cold Room, a counter at the entrance of the premises where the kitchen team prepares them, in full view of the diner.
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- MADRE, Taberna Moderna
- Avinguda de Gaudí, 11
- 08025 Barcelona
- https://www.instagram.com/madre_tabernamoderna/