Packed into the back end of Casa Mono is sister establishment Bar Jamon, the teeny-tiny wine bar serving cold tapas and wine to the dozen or so customers that can fit inside. I snagged two of the last seats just after 6 p.m.; by 6:30 the wine bar was packed to the gills with drinkers. More

Sticky buns, doughnuts, syrup-doused French toast—plenty of breakfast foods are sweet enough to qualify as desserts. But in terms of decadent morning treats, the Spanish might have us all beat. In the cafés and churrerias of Madrid, young Spanish children... More