The Insiders
ILLOS CREDITS: THOMAS HELBIB AND LORENA SALAGRE
From the streets of Madrid to the heights of Lion’s Head in Cape Town, our Insiders give you the low-down on their cities.
MADRID
Agustín Gómez Cascales is the Editor in Chief of Shangay, Spain’s only gay magazine, shangay.com, and contributes to El Mundo and L’Oficciel Hommes. He’s also known for his DJing, with residences in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao.
Insider guide to…
DRINKS: CAZADOR
The bar where the cool, hip gay/ mixed ‘who’s who’ of the capital gets together (Pozas St, 7). Fashion designers, students, actors, PRs, musicians and artists of all sorts feel like home in a very homey atmosphere.
CLUB: MORDISKO
Lavapiés is incresiangly becoming the new alternative to classic Chueca. Mordisko (Cabeza St, 33) has become the leading club for a new gay sexy revolution. This is a must for bearded hipsters who love not only good electro stuff played by resident DJ and founder Vruto. Guests tend not to have a problem taking their shirts off when it gets hot in there... or even dancing in their underwear. One Saturday a month they host a night at the bigger Kluster club (Covarrubias St, 42).
FOOD: NAVAJA
Right in the heart of the Malasaña neighborhood (Valverde St, 42), word of mouth has been so good from day one about this restaurant. With very few tables, and a great bar for tapas its winning formula consists of traditional Spanish food mixed with Peruvian and Asian in an original, unpretentious way.