Here's a guide to 10 classic Spanish restaurants in New York City. These aren't the modern imports from Andalucia, the sleek tapas bars, or the studied restaurants that try to highlight the regionality of Spanish cooking. These are the unironic places that were around before all of that and remain in business, where you'll likely find lots of garlic and green sauces, obligatory pitchers of sangria, and waiters that have just always been there. On this list, you'll find restaurants that are delightfully tawdry (El Quijote, Spain Restaurant) and show their age (Sevilla, Riazor). At these places, the main attraction might not always be the food. But there are some restaurants, like Toledo and La Nacional, where the kitchens do good stuff. Here's the map:

· All Eater Maps [~ENY~]