Barcelona — Places to eat
Gaudí's curves on one street, the Mediterranean at the end of it.
- Cervecería Catalana — Point at what you want from the bar: honey cod, montaditos
- El Xampanyet — House cava under blue tiles, next to the Picasso Museum
- Bar Cañete — Squid sandwich and honeyed aubergine at a long open-kitchen bar
- Can Paixano (La Xampanyeria) — €2 rosé cava and sausage platters, standing room only
- 7 Portes — Paella Parellada at a restaurant open since 1836
- Ciudad Condal (Ciutat Comtal) — Prawn skewers and honey cod by Plaça de Catalunya, open late
- Bodega La Puntual — El Xampanyet's neighbour: narrow door, roomy inside
- El Nacional — An iron-roofed hall of four restaurants and several bars
- Quimet & Quimet — Tinned-seafood montaditos at a stand-up bar since 1914
- Pinotxo Bar (Sant Antoni Market) — The legendary Boqueria market bar, now in Sant Antoni
- La Paradeta (Sants) — Pick seafood by weight like a fish market, they cook it
- Granja Dulcinea — Thick hot chocolate and churros since 1941
- Escribà (La Rambla) — A pastry shop inside a mosaic-clad 1902 Modernista building
- Nomad Coffee Bar — The alley coffee bar of Spain's specialty-coffee pioneer
- Brunch & Cake (Plaça Reial) — By Plaça Reial: Barcelona's photogenic brunch chain
- Cal Pep — Seafood tapas at the counter, whatever came in today
- Can Culleretes — Catalan home cooking since 1786
- La Cova Fumada — Where the bomba, a potato bomb, was born
- Can Solé — Seafood rice since 1903
- Bar del Pla — Catalan home cooking, small-plate style
- Bar Mut — A stylish tapas bar: wine and a chalkboard menu
- Els Quatre Gats — The 1897 café where Picasso hung his first show
- Ramen-Ya Hiro — Hiroshima-born owner, queue-worthy ramen
- Disfrutar — Ex-elBulli chefs, Michelin-starred tasting menu
- Koy Shunka — Michelin-starred Japanese, counter by the kitchen
- Cafés El Magnífico — Born roaster at it since 1919
- Federal Café — Three floors of Aussie brunch, queues on weekends
- Granja Petitbo — Daily-baked bread and brunch on a corner
- Caravelle — Brunch behind MACBA with plenty of veggie options
- Bar Marsella — El Raval bar serving absinthe since 1820