Azafrán

Saffron from La Mancha gets its own ambassador here, and that ambassador happens to run the kitchen. This is a regional restaurant where the chef folds serious local flavors, game in season, and housemade Manchego boards into cooking that has one foot in tradition and one in something more considered. The Bib Gourmand from Michelin tracks. An all-female team runs the room with the kind of quiet confidence that makes you feel like a guest, not a table number.

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