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Homesick in Madrid? Top 4 Places for American Expats

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Top 4 places for when:

  • you’re missing home
  • you’re craving high-fructose corn syrup and preservatives
  • you want to eat your feelings
  • you’d kill someone for peanut butter/ a bagel with salmon & cream cheese/ Reeses

1.  Happy Day Bakery

A very cutesy, colorful bakery & American market that takes you back to New York cerca 1960’s: from the furniture, the wallpaper, and the classic oldies playing in the background.

What you can find: cupcakes, muffins, cookies, brownies, bagels, cakes, ice cream, hot dogs, candy, smoothies, milkshakes, etc.

The bakery also sells American products: Campbell’s Soup, Dr. Pepper, Lucky Charms, Cheerios, peanut butter, Hershey’s chocolate syrup, Reeses, Macaroni & Cheese,  Vanilla Coke, Jack Daniels Barbecue Sauce, pancake mix & syrup, cake mixes, and brownie mixes.

Address: Calle del Espíritu Santo 9, Madrid
Website: http://www.happydaybakery.es

Cakes:

Carrot Cake

NY Cheesecake

Super-Chocolate

Red Velvet

Brownie

There’s no better cure to home-sickness than stuffing your face with a NY cheesecake.

Buy a slice, or better yet, an entire cake and pretend like you’re going to share it with friends.


2.Peggy Sue’s American Diner

An amazing 1950’s American-style diner with WORKING jukeboxes. Jam to 50’s classics as you stuff your face with the James Brown Hamburger (a personal favorite), fries smothered in ketchup and mustard, and a chocolate milkshake. What’s not to love about this place.

Locations in Spain: http://www.peggysues.es/contacto
Website: http://www.peggysues.es


3. J&J Books and Coffee

In 2003, an American girl and her Spanish husband decided to convert a Chinese restaurant in Madrid into their dream Bookstore/ Coffee shop/ Pub.

Address: Calle del Espíritu Santo 47, Madrid
Website: http://www.jandjbooksandcoffee.com

A place to go when you’ve given-up learning Spanish (yet again). A nice place to grab drinks, chat with travellers, expats, friends, and later relax with a good book in their library / bookstore downstairs. Browse through their huge collection of second-hand books in English. You can also buy & sell books.

Browse their collection here: http://www.jandjbooksandcoffee.com/php/browse.php
Trivia nights = Friday nights at 11pm. I’ve gone once, and it was a major blow to my self-esteem. Of all the questions, I knew the answers to a whopping 3. So don’t think it will be all easy-peasy just because it’s in English.
                                                                They also organize activities including: intercambios (Wednesday & Thursday nights), karaoke (the activity I make sure to steer clear from, for everyone else’s well-being), happy hours, and holiday parties.

 

4. Taste of America

Where you can find tons & tons of American products in their brick-and-mortar & online stores.

Website: www.tasteofamerica.es

Madrid Locations:

  • Metro: Republica Argentina or Nuevos Ministerios| Serrano 149
  • Metro: Isla Filipinas| C/CEA Bermudez 60, Madrid 28003
  • Metro: Las Suertes or La Gavia| Avd. Ensanche de Vallecas 4749
  • Avd. de Europa 23, Pozuelo de Alarcón
  • C/ Francisco Umbral 14, Majadahonda