Boqueria Soho: The Spanish Experience

Hey everyone! How is it going? It's pretty cold in New York City these days. That's why I try to find indoor stuff to do while it's freezing outside. My favorite activity: eating like a king. This time I tried a Spanish place, and I must say so far this is my favorite Spanish restaurant in the city. I'm talking about Boqueria and its Soho location.

Before I give you more details about the delicious dinner I had, let me give you some information about the place so you can experience it yourself if you get the chance. Here's the official website where you can find information about this restaurant (and its other location), menus and prices: link.

Location (Boqueria Soho)
171 Spring Street, NYC 10012 
Google Maps Link

Contact:
Soho@BoqueriaNYC.com
(212) 343 4255

Hours:
Thu-Sat: 12pm-12am and Sun-Wed: 12pm-11pm

Directions:
A or E to Spring St, east on Spring St
N or R to Prince, south on Broadway, right on Spring

This is a tapas bar rather than a restaurant like you might imagine. Tapas is not a concrete dish. The Spanish concept of tapas simply means having food in small plates shared by everyone in the table. Traditionally, they are served along with drinks, but it has become a meal itself.

I definitely recommend everything my friends and I ordered. We just ordered the tapas we liked and they come in plates to put in the middle of the table so you and your mates can share. My favorite food here were the croquetas (croquettes) of Jamón and Setas (prosciutto and mushrooms.) I didn't have time to take a picture before they flew away from the table, but that explains how good they are!

I recommend  ordering "pan con tomate" (bread with tomato) with anything you get. It's the way we eat bread in Catalonia: with tomato spread on each slice, olive oil and garlic. I can't define with words how good it tastes!

After the delicious main courses, we could not leave the place without a proper dessert. We had "torrijas" with ice cream (which is basically bread soaked in milk and then fried) and "crema catalana" or creme brule, as known in America.

I hope you have a great weekend and let me know what you think of this place if you give it a chance! Just a warning: be ready to wait, specially on weekends. We had to wait for over an hour to get a table. However, the staff were nice enough to take our phone number so they could call us when the table was ready while we waited somewhere else.

Thanks for reading and see you soon!