Cortes Ingles has a big grocery section and the one at Plaza Catalunya in Barca had some good-looking quality of food to takeaway.

scrb11,
The large El Corte Inglés department stores at Callao (Gran Vía), at Goya and the largest one, on the Castellana at Nuevos Ministerios, all have a top floor "Gourmet Experience", where the finest Spanish gourmet products can be found, plus multiple eateries, in addition to their basement supermercados.

There's also the now-being-renovated Gourmet Experience on the top floor of El Corte Inglés at Serrano 47 in the Salamanca district where "best chef in the world", David Muñoz will be moving his casual Asian street food restaurant, StreetXO, some time early this year. His noodle/dumpling-centric (and expensive, 1 Michelin star) RavioXO is located in the El Corte Inglés Gourmet Experience at Castellana.

But my very favorite gourmet delicatessen, an absolute, Instagramable jewel box of a shop, founded in 1931, is Mantequerías Bravo, in the Salamanca district just below the Mercado de la Paz on Ayala. It and the several branches of Mallorca are my favorite gourmet delis.
https://mantequeriasbravo.com

I have the one at Gran Via bookmarked because it was said to have rooftop views. Hopefully some outdoor tables when I'll be there towards the end of April.

I remember one of the markets in Madrid with some kind of dining when I visited like 15 years ago. Looked like a place for affluent people to get drinks and food after work. People were dressed up and I presume the fare was maybe not fine dining but more for the atmosphere, so people can network with other professionals.

Locals don't hang out for an afterwork drink, ime, at the Mercado de San Miguel, so I don't think that was the one.

As far as I know, the El Corte Inglés Gourmet Experience at Callao (Gran Vía) will still have outdoor seating. The Gran Vía views are a big draw.
https://www.therooftopguide.com/roof...te-ingles.html

The Mercado de la Paz annex of Casa Dani, at the Lagasca entrance to the market, has some outdoor tables.
Mallorca on Serrano also has outdoor tables and some interesting people watching.

Maribel, the local market run down is perfect! Have them all located… Madreamigo.. almond croissants!!! That will certainly be a frequent stop!

scrb11, ditto for your notes on the different markets… so much for leisurely meandering!

Another recommendation, please!
a Granada hotel… we have an apartment reserved, but maybe wondering if there might be something else out there… suggestions?

I noticed that your Granada apartment is in the ancient Arab quarter of the Albaizín. It does look beautiful, so when I go to Granada next month I do plan to look at its exact location (I admit also to be picky about the location of my lodging).

Parts of the Albaizín are very atmospheric, such as the lower quarter, closer to the river, but the upper section is kind of scruffy and requires lots of climbing. The. charm of staying in an Albaizín hotel is to have a room with a full frontal view of the Alhambra, or at least a hotel with terrace that has those unforgettable views.

Fodorites have enjoyed the hotels directly on the Carrera del Darro, in the lower section. One most often recommended here---El Ladrón del Agua, I believe is closed (says Google), but the Shine Albaizín has also been recommended here.
Others have enjoyed the equally well located Casa 1800, which I know well. All 3 in the same location.

The Gar Anat is downtown rather than in the Albaizín and has typical Granadino charm. The Aurea Cathedral (the Aurea hotels are Eurostars' top brand) has a great rooftop terrace.

Here are Isabella Noble's reviews of her favorite hotels
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/d...ranada/hotels/

Note that the historic Parador, a former 14th century convent, where Isabel and Fernando were originally buried, is located within the Alhambra complex and is one of the most expensive Paradors in the network, and it's hard to book as it only has 50 highly coveted rooms.
Its history-
https://paradorgranada.com/parador-granada-history

I've stayed several times in the Realejo district, below the Alhambra hill, at a lovely 7-room B&B, the Carmen de la Alcubilla del Caracol, which is much like an elegant whitewashed private home with walls adorned with valuable art, a walled garden filled with orange and lemon trees (which is what a "carmen" is) and the two downstairs rooms share a terrace and the upstairs room, la Torre, has its own private terrace with gorgeous views of the city below and the Sierra Nevada.
It does have a 2-night minimum.

https://www.alcubilladelcaracol.com/en/
See the TA and Booking reviews as well.

I don't think it was the main Mercado building, which is like an aircraft hangar.

It was a smaller one and I was just walking by in the evening but it had big windows so I could see people were dressed up, having cocktails or fancy glassware for the wine.

Hmm, an aircraft carrier? More like an Eiffel-designed iron & glass building.

I mean like voluminous, high ceiling inside.

ok! That it is!

Maribel…. Thanks, thanks, thanks! I’ll take a look at the suggestions for Granada lodgings! I am a bit worried about the locale where I reserved…

I understand, There are attractive parts of the Albayzín and some, well...not so nice. I just don´t know yet specifically where the apartment is.

The hotel is so important to me… it just throws me if it’s not right ;)

I went for a place near the Mirador de San Nicholas.

Yes I will have to hike or bus down near Plaza Nueva for dining options and then find a way back up.

Totally went for the views though, probably will take some photos at night.

scrb11,
Actually, you don´t need to hike up and down if you're near the Mirador de San Nicolás because the minibus C31 has a stop right below it. You can use it to go up and down but... to go up after dinner, no, because it stops running at 7:11.
https://granadainfo.com/alhambra/minibus.htm

For dining off the Plaza Nueva you have Los Diamantes for fish/crustaceans, but I don't know if they have a terraza.

I notice north of Mirador de San Nicholas there are some streets with bars and restaurants too.

I'm talking about the streets around Plaza de Fatima. Or Plaza de San Cristobal, which is suppose to have a large parking lot or facility.

I don't know if these areas are downhill from the area around Plaza de San Nicholas or maybe even uphill from it?

North of the Mirador de San Nicolás is uphill.

We’ve finalized our reservations for April and are wondering if there are restaurants that come to mind for the following areas.

Madrid - Calle del Dr. Velasco - close to the Atocha Rail Station, close to the corner where the Real Jardín Botanical and Retiro meet

Seville - Calle Joaquin Guichot - close to the Terminal Metro Centro de Plaza Nueva

Cordoba - Casa de La Juderia, Calle Tomas Conte

Granada - Carmen Alcubilla, Calle Aire Alta

Coffee and churros, tapas, dinner… small local markets…
I’ve gone thru quite a few past posts for Spain and have a good number of restaurants, but it never hurts to see if anything new comes up!

Pastries!

Thanks for all of these suggestions!