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Imagined through the creative lens of Chef José Andrés and his team, Jaleo brings alive the spirit and flavors of Spain by showcasing the rich regional diversity of Spanish cuisine. Celebrating the traditional as well as the cutting-edge, Jaleo offers a taste of Spain in a festive, stylish, and casual atmosphere.
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Enjoy a tour of quintessential Spain. Our Classic tasting menu features the traditional tapas you know and love, with recipes passed down through generations.
Our most popular tasting menu, The Jaleo Experience takes your tapas to the next level with the addition of seasonal and specialty dishes, plus heartier servings.
Embrace the sophisticated side of Spain with José’s favorite selection of gastronomic tapas. Featuring premium cuts of meat and our most luxurious bites.
Enjoy specially selected Spanish wines and beverages to pair to your tasting menu
Pairing of Sommelier-selected sherries to pair to your tasting menu
Toasted slices of uniquely crispy and ethereal bread brushed with fresh tomato
Price: 15.00
Marinated Spanish olives and aged Manchego cheese
Price: 10.00
Stuffed olive with anchovy and piquillo pepper and liquid "Ferran Adrià" olives
Price: 17.00
Salmon tartare and trout roe cone
Price: 6.00
Tomato marmalade and goat cheese cone
Price: 5.00
Raw Hokkaido scallops with pipirrana relish and sherry dressing
Price: 20.00
Raw sheep’s milk cheese. Nutty with a tangy, lingering flavor
Price: 15.00
Rappahannock oysters with a traditional spanish pickled relish
Price: 17.00
Spanish mini burger made from the legendary acorn-fed, black-footed Ibérico pigs of Spain and Ibérico bacon
Pressed traditional sandwich of Spanish ham and cheese
Price: 20.00
Flauta bread brushed with tomato and extra virgin olive oil, topped with cured ham
Price: 22.00
(Murcia) A soft, semi-sweet goat’s milk cheese
(D.O. Idiazabal) A sharp, smoky raw sheep’s milk cheese
Mild, nutty Murciana goat cheese, washed in red wine
A traditional raw Manchego cheese
(D.O. Cadiz) A goats milk cheese from the Payoyo goats of southern Spain
(D.O. Galicia) A birch-smoked cow's milk cheese with house-made nut brittle
Award winning raw milk blue cheese named after José's mother. Served with apples, fig jam, membrillo and Spanish bread (2oz)
Price: 25.00
48-month cured ham from the legendary free range, acorn-fed, black-footed Ibérico pigs of Spain
Price: 33.00
20-month cured Spanish Serrano ham from Salamanca
Price: 18.00
Cured acorn-fed pork sausage
Price: 17.00
Cured pork chorizo from the legendary free range, acorn-fed, black-footed Ibérico pigs of Spain
Price: 19.00
A selection of all cured meats
Price: 48.00
Classic chilled Spanish soup made withbeets, tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers
Price: 10.00
Traditional fisherman style soup with shrimp, mussels and
Price: 14.00
Red beet salad with citrus, pistachos and Mama Marisa cheese.
Price: 16.00
The ultimate Spanish tapa: potato salad with imported conserved tuna, carrots, green beans, olives and mayonnaise
Price: 13.00 Extras
Sliced apple and fennel salad with Manchego cheese, walnuts and sherry dressing
Price: 14.00
Salad of conserved tuna, fingerling potatoes, green beans, onions, tomatoes, capers and hard-boiled eggs with sherry dressing
Price: 17.00
Baby romaine lettuce with queso Pasamontes and creamy anchovy dressing
Price: 11.00
Warm green salad with grapes, apples, jamón serrano, apricot puree and sherry dressing
Price: 13.00
Endives, goat cheese, oranges and almonds
Price: 11.00
Sautéed spinach, pine nuts, raisins, apricot and apples
Price: 15.00
Spanish omelet with confit potatoes and onions
Price: 13.00
Roasted red pepper, onion and eggplant with sherry dressing
Price: 12.00
Seared piquillo peppers filled with caña de cabra goat cheese
Price: 9.00
Sautéed wild mushrooms over potato puree and a poached egg
Price: 16.00
Traditional Chicken fritters
Price: 14.00
Fried cod and potato fritters with honey alioli
Price: 13.00
A Jaleo favorite: fried potatoes with spicy tomato sauce and alioli
Price: 15.00
Fried squid with squid ink and garlic alioli
Price: 15.00
Traditional Andalucian fried eggplant with honey
Price: 15.00
Slightly spicy chorizo wrapped in crispy potato and membrillo alioli
Price: 14.00
The very, very famous tapa of shrimp sautéed with garlic
Price: 18.00
Traditional 'paella' of toasted pasta with head on shrimp and squid
Price: 22.00
Basque-style squid with rice and squid ink sauce
Price: 17.00
Grilled octopus with "pimenton," potatoes. and confit tomatoes
Price: 31.00
Seared Hokkaido scallops with butternut squash puree, oranges, and toasted pumpkin seeds
Price: 22.00
Salmon with romesco, spinach, olives, tomatoes and almonds
Price: 21.00
Seared European sea bass with Basque country fish sauce and confit potatoes
Price: 21.00
Grilled chicken thigh with stewed vegetables and garlic sauce
Price: 17.00
Grilled hanger steak with confit piquillo peppers
Price: 21.00
Grilled house-made pork sausage with sautéed white beans
Price: 14.00
House-made traditional chorizo with olive oil mashed potatoes and apple cider sauce
Price: 16.00
Canary-islands-style marinated rabbit confit with apricot purée
Price: 18.00
Fresh Iberico de bellota pork tenderloin with blue cheese demi glace and olive oil potato puree
Price: 27.00
Rolled pasta filled with creamy chicken, pork and foie gras. Baked in bechamel sauce and manchego cheese
Price: 22.00
It's a secret! skirt steak from the legendary black-footed Iberian pigs of Spain served with toasted tomato bread, mojo verde and alioli
Price: 90.00
Grilled whole sea bass with a traditional Basque sauce and served with a green salad
Ibérico rice, with acorn iberico pork, Ibérico sausage and porcini mushrooms
Price: 90.00
Vegan rice with seasonal mushrooms and vegetables
Price: 56.00
Paella of chicken, vegetables and mushrooms
Price: 63.00
Literally meaning 'rice apart from shrimp', made with shrimp and calamari
Price: 67.00
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