Just inside the entrance, on the right-hand side, of the Boqueria, is this essential market bar, run by Juanito, one of the city's best-loved figures. In the early morning the...
La Boqueria 466-467A smoky but likeable old family bodega with a faded, peeling charm, barrels on the wall and rows of dusty bottles. Manolo specialises not only in reasonably priced wine, but in...
C/Torrent de les Flors 101The enormous popularity of this long, narrow cruise ship style bar tells you everything you need to know about the tapas, but it also means that he who hesitates is lost when...
C/Balboa 6A pretty, tastefully decorated hostal, with friendly staff, d'Uxelles is a delightful place to stay and a bargain to boot. The angels above reception are a hint of what's to...
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 688This delightful old bodega, with a pretty tiled floor, is unreconstructed, dusty and welcoming, supplying students, businessmen and pretty much everyone in between with...
Rambla de Catalunya 100A charming converted 19th-century coaching inn with a shady vine-covered terrace. The open wood grill sizzles with various parts of goat, pig, rabbit and cow, as well as a few...
C/Joanot Martorell 3Sadly, Juanito the house parrot has gone to the great perch in the sky (though his image remains on the menu), but the same regulars have been coming to Quimet for decades, to...
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