The Washington Post: El Mercat Bar de Tapas brings a dash of Spain to Rockville

I hesitate to start with a yield sign, but don’t stuff yourself on croquettes at the area’s newest Spanish restaurant. You might also consider going easy on the squid ink paella, despite the appeal of the crunchy-sticky grains of rice that lead to scrape-scraping of the bottom of the pan.

Blame the cheesecake and the churros at El Mercat Bar de Tapas in Rockville Town Center. The last course is among the best reasons to befriend the debut restaurant of Brazilian native George Rodrigues, whose food you might have eaten in Washington at the Penn Quarter branch of Boqueria and before that, the Latin-inspired Tico on 14th Street NW.