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Recommended Restaurants: Spanish

Price Guide: $ = less than $15, $$ = $15 - $35, $$$ = $36-$50, $$$$ = over $50

Price estimates are based on an average dinner for one, excluding drinks, tax and tip.
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Casa Madrid: 436 Main Street, Pleasanton MapIt!
(510) 484-3877
$$-$$$/L Tues-Sat/D Tues-Sun/W
Spanish cuisine is a relative rarity in the Bay Area, but the charming Casa Madrid turns out authentic dishes in a Victorian-style dining room. Specialties include hot and cold tapas, those small but savory plates that go so well with a beer or a glass of wine. Make time for the slow-in-the-cooking paella, either the classic Valencia version with chicken and pork, or the seafood interpretation. Zarzuela, a heady fish stew, is another favorite. When it comes to dessert, don't even try to get the recipe for the popular "secret cake." It's still a secret.--Diablo