La Caleta

La Latina & Lavapiés


Around halfway down the Lavapiés hill, La Caleta is Andalucian down to its white-walled, flower-strewn dining area. The food is all about Cádiz, where pescaito frito (fried fish) is an obsession. As is the case in the south, the fish and seafood is lightly fried in the lightest of batter – it's never overdone and never oily.


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