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A matcha-obsessed Eixample café sourcing first-harvest ceremonial powder from Japan, stone-ground to order – with proper coffee alongside.
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A matcha-obsessed Eixample café sourcing first-harvest ceremonial powder from Japan, stone-ground to order – with proper coffee alongside.

The Escribà family’s Bogatell-beach paella house, cooking over wood fires since 1992.

If you’re looking for a place to try some top-quality seafood, then check out Camping Mar.

Punjabi street food on Gran Via, from the team behind The Fish & Chips Shop.

Serving up paella and seafood dishes for over a hundred years.

Catalan bistró serving up innovative, exquisite small dishes.

This is one of the city’s first vegetarian restaurants and a pioneer in sustainability.

The flame of the old oven adds a distinctive touch to the dough.

This small bar serves 180 varieties of outstanding tortillas.

A modern seafood bistro that reimagines the traditional marisquería concept.

Artisan sangría and tapas near the Palau de la Música, far from the Ramblas pitchers.

A Poblenou canteen beside the 021Espai coworking studio, feeding the 22@ crowd.

On the corner of Rosselló and Enric Granados you’ll find the Israeli restaurant La Balabusta.

A plant-filled terrace on the roof of Casa Bonay, trading panoramic drama for a beach-bar mood and Istanbul-inspired sharing plates.

Luzuria is about simple food made with passion.

Chef Miquel Pardo’s Bib Gourmand tasting menu runs through creative tapas and lands on a shared paella with socarrat in every serving.

Pair one of their house brews with tacos, fried chicken or a cheeseburger.

A café serving brunch to tapas, Pastrami to cheesecake, and great coffee.

This indie taqueria offers up straight-up Mexican fare.

A chic terrace and plunge pool above the Serras, with serious cocktails and a clean sweep over Port Vell, Barceloneta and the sea.

Barcelona’s newest dessert shop, Jon Cake, serves up artisan cheesecakes to die for.

A mechanic’s workshop has been transformed into a very modern bodega.

Lovers of interiors will find nirvana here, as well as a breakfast menu of hipster greatest hits and a European lunch menu.

Serving up some of the city’s best tacos.

Barcelona’s legendary cava and tapas bar.

Long one of Gràcia’s stalwarts, this “old man” bar has been brought up-to-date by the founders’ grandkids.

Enjoy fine things like oysters, foie, smoked salmon, sous-vide Iberian pork ribs.

A taqueria in the heart of the city that.

Ocean-fresh, seasonal seafood takes center stage at Lluritu. More than that, they want, by their own admission, to “make seafood sexy.”

A neo-bistro on one of the Gòtic’s quieter plazas – meze and a good wine list.