"Despaña in Soho only serves their tapas on Fridays and Saturdays, which is sad, because we’d like to eat their sardine toast with goat cheese, pesto, and lemon zest just about every single night of the week. This place is actually a Spanish grocery, so their tapas feature meats, cheeses, olives, and boquerones that come from across the Atlantic, folding in seasonal vegetables and fruit. Don’t skip the tortilla with crispy crumbles of chorizo, and make sure to grab a bottle from their wine shop next door first. They’ve got big communal tables—you can easily come here with a group and order the whole menu." - will hartman, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim