LA BOLA is a familiar restaurant located in the center of Madrid. Since 1870 its traditional cuisine has been well known in the city, always offering the best of the castillan cuisine to its customers.Taberna LA BOLA is famous for its prime quality products, its environment and above all, for its best specialty, “cocido madrileño”, cooked the original way using oak charcoal at very low rate. This place opened its doors back in 1870 and after 4 different generations of the same family, the original cooking process to make “cocido madrileño” is still being used. Oak charcoal and individual clay pots are the key elements. This ancient technique implies a number of difficulties since there is no state of art technologies implied. Nevertheless the enthusiasm and care that our staff puts into each plate turns out for a magnificent result. After 4 hours of elaboration the most authentic “cocido madrileño” is ready to be served. Cocido Madrileño is a popular dish of La Bola which is a traditional chickpea-based soup with meat and vegetables and is specially served in winters in Madrid