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Here
are some listings of my favorite resturants.
I
like tapas because you can taste a little bit of a
lot of things. I also like them because they are a
very social way of eating. Two of the best places
in Barcelona are "Taktika Berri" and "Cerveceria
Catalana". Both have sit down dining but I recommend
just bellying up to the bar and eating the tapas.
Neither accepts reservations for the tapas bar.
Taktika
Berri
Calle Valenca 169
08011 Barcelona
Tel: 93-453-47-59
Cerveceria
Catalana
Calle Mallorca 236 (cross street is Rambla Catalunya)
08008 Barcelona
Tel: 93-216-03-68
There
are many hip and trendy restaurants in Barcelona.
Here are just a few. Most are nouvelle cuisine fused
with an ethnic food like Middle Eastern or Mexican
food.
In
the Eixampla Area:
Semproniana
Calle Rosselló (between Aribau & Muntaner)
08036 Barcelona
Tel: 93-453-18-20
In
the Raval Area:
Silenus
Calle Àngels 8
08001 Barcelona
Tel: 93-302-26-80
Rita Blue
Plaça Sant Agustí 3 (off of calle
Hospital)
08001 Barcelona
Tel: 93-342-40-86
In
the Born Area:
El Pebre Blau
Calle Banys Vells 21
08003 Barcelona
Tel: 93-319-13-08
Sikkim Restaurant
Plaça Comercial 1
08003 Barcelona
Tel: 93-268-4313
Café Kafka
Calle Fusina 7 (across street from the Born Market)
Tel: 93-310-05-26
Some
restaurants have been around for a long time and are
part of the old Barcelona establishment. Three come
to mind.
In
Gràcia:
Bilbao
Restaurant
Calle Perill 33
08012 Barcelona
Ask
to sit in the back room.
In the Born Area:
Cal
Pep
Plaça de les Olles 8
08003 Barcelona
(Ask
to sit in the back room. Make reservations well
in advance because seating is limited.)
In
the Raval Area:
Casa
Leopoldo
Calle San Rafael 24
08001 Barcelona
Tel: 93-441-69-42
(This
restaurant is located in a bad area. You may be
afraid getting to it, but once inside you have stepped
back in time to the hey day of the neighborhood.
It is known for its seafood.)
Eating
in average restaurants costs about the same in the
US as it does in Barcelona. The big difference is
the high-end establishments. Barcelona doesn't have
the price extremes that exist in the US. That's good
news when wanting to dine on the higher end. An expensive
restaurant is the US costs much more than it's equivalent
in Barcelona. The best example of this is the restaurant
Jean Luc Figueras. A dinner here would easily cost
twice or three times as much in the US. One reason
is because wines are a lot cheaper in Spain.
In
Gràcia:
Jean
Luc Figueras
Calle Santa Teresa 10
08012 Barcelona
Tel: 93-415-28-77
(Order
the "Menu de Degustación". It is
a 10-course meal in which they fuse some interesting
types of food.)
In
the Upper Zone:
La
Venta
Plaça Doctor Andreu
08035 Barcelona
Tel: 93-212-64-55
(Have
a cocktail across the street at the bar Mira Blau
and you will have a view of the entire city.)
Acontraluz
Calle Milanesdo 19 (a small street next to Vía
Agusta and Calle Dr. Roux)
08017 Barcelona
Tel: 93-203-06-58
El Trapío
Calle Esperanza 25
(Bonanova) Barcelona
Tel: 93-211-58-17
St. Rémy
Calle Iradier 12
08017 Barcelona
Tel: 93-418-75-04
In
Barceloneta (near the water):
Merendero
de la Mari
Plaça Pau Vila
08039 Barcelona
Tel: 93-221-31-41
(Come
here in the day and order a Paella for lunch. Sit
outside and look out at the sailboats and the people
walking by.)
To
find any of these restaurants, use the web-based street
finder supplied by the Barcelona city government.
Go to www.bcn.es.
Click on "Guia de BCN", then enter the street
name and number and the map will display where it
is.
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