The Knife, Argentinian barbecue restaurant in Madrid, Spain.
The Knife is an Argentine grilling restaurant in Madrid that specializes in cooking various meat cuts over open flames. The menu features classic cuts like rib-eye, short ribs, and other Argentine standards, all prepared using traditional methods and served in stages throughout your meal.
The restaurant was founded to bring Argentine grilling traditions to Madrid and ranks among the first establishments in the city to introduce authentic asado cooking. Its opening marked the arrival of South American barbecue culture as a dining style in the Spanish capital.
The place embodies Argentine dining culture, where grilling together and enjoying different meat cuts is central to how people share meals. You can experience this through the way meat is brought to your table in stages and how the meal unfolds at a leisurely pace.
The restaurant works with continuous grill service where meat pieces arrive at your table one after another until you feel full. You control the pace of your meal by signaling when you want to pause or continue, making it easy to enjoy at your own speed.
The restaurant serves meat following the all-you-can-eat grill principle where pieces continuously arrive from the grill without a predetermined endpoint. This open-ended service style is quite different from typical European plate service and creates an authentic Argentine eating experience.
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