What does a local breakfast look like in Madrid?
A classic Madrid breakfast is small, functional, and taken in two rounds. The first comes early — coffee and maybe a piece of toast at home — and the second hits around 10 or 11am at a bar, when hunger actually arrives. That second breakfast is the real one: a *café con leche* alongside a *tostada* (thick white bread, toasted, dressed with olive oil and crushed tomato, or just butter and jam) or a *churro* dipped in thick drinking chocolate. Bars like Chocolatería San Ginés near Sol have served that combination since 1894, though most madrileños grab it at whatever bar is closest to their office. Prices are honest: a coffee and tostada runs roughly €2.50 to €4 depending on the neighborhood, with Malasaña and Chueca skewing slightly higher. Sitting at the bar costs less than a table in most places, and that is exactly where locals sit.
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