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1. Disfrutar

Creative tasting menu$$$$Eixample

Three-Michelin-star restaurant in the Eixample run by former elBulli chefs Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas, serving long, playful tasting menus.

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2. Lasarte

Fine dining, Basque-influenced$$$$Eixample

Martín Berasategui's three-Michelin-star restaurant in the Monument Hotel, where head chef Paolo Casagrande cooks precise, seasonal tasting menus.

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3. Cal Pep

Seafood tapas bar$$$El Born

A lively El Born counter bar where cooks at the griddle send out a stream of seafood-led small plates to diners perched along the bar.

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4. 7 Portes

Catalan rice and paella$$$La Ribera

A grand Catalan restaurant near Port Vell, open since 1836 and known above all for its paellas and rice dishes, served daily from lunch until midnight.

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5. Can Solé

Seafood and rice$$$Barceloneta

A Barceloneta institution dating from 1903, serving fish, shellfish and rice dishes in an old-fashioned dining room a few streets back from the beach.

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6. Bar Cañete

Spanish tapas bar$$$El Raval

A buzzing tapas bar just off La Rambla serving traditional Spanish tapas built on Catalan market fish and seasonal vegetables, from a long counter and a dining room.

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7. Xemei

Venetian Italian$$$Poble Sec

A small Venetian restaurant at the foot of Montjuïc in Poble Sec, cooking the dishes of Venice's home kitchens and bàcari rather than generic Italian fare.

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8. Can Culleretes

Traditional Catalan$$Barri Gòtic

Barcelona's oldest restaurant, serving traditional Catalan dishes in the Gothic Quarter since 1786 amid tiled walls and framed portraits.

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9. Els Quatre Gats

Catalan café-restaurant$$Barri Gòtic

The Modernista café-restaurant in Casa Martí that opened in 1897 and hosted Picasso's first solo exhibition, now serving Catalan dishes in its period interior.

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10. Quimet & Quimet

Montaditos and conservas bar$$Poble Sec

A tiny, bottle-lined Poble Sec bar open since 1914, famous for montaditos topped with premium tinned seafood and assembled at the counter.

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11. La Pepita

Creative tapas bar$$Gràcia

A friendly Gràcia tapas bar mixing Spanish classics with reinvented small plates, open daily with a smaller sister bar, La MiniPepita, next door.

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12. Bar La Plata

Classic tapas bar$Barri Gòtic

A tiny tiled bar near the port that has served the same short menu since 1945: fried small fish, anchovies, butifarra sausage and salad.

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