Restaurant
21. Bar Cañete
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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22. Casa Labra
A tavern near Puerta del Sol open since 1860, where the Spanish Socialist Party was founded in 1879, famous for fried salt cod and croquettes.
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23. Casa Robles
A family-run Andalusian restaurant near the Cathedral whose story began in 1954, serving seasonal Andalusian cooking with Huelva prawns, stews, meat and fish.
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24. Restaurante Navarro
A family-run rice restaurant near the Plaza del Ayuntamiento since 1951, now led by the third generation and open for lunch from Monday to Saturday.
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25. Casa Alberto
A tavern founded in 1827 in the Barrio de las Letras, in a building on the site where Cervantes once lived, serving traditional Madrid cooking.
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26. Chicarreros
An elegant bistro on a pedestrian lane behind the Ayuntamiento, recommended in the Michelin Guide, with contemporary European cooking, caviar and a tasting menu.
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27. La Riuà
A family-run rice restaurant in the old town near the Plaza de la Reina, with walls covered in Manises plates and Valencian tiles.
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28. Xemei
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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29. Can Culleretes
Barcelona's oldest restaurant, serving traditional Catalan dishes in the Gothic Quarter since 1786 amid tiled walls and framed portraits.
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30. Canalla Bistro
Ricard Camarena's relaxed bistro in the Ensanche, serving sharing plates that mix Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean influences.
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31. Casa Dani
A busy bar inside the Mercado de la Paz in Salamanca, known for one of Madrid's most praised potato tortillas and a daily set lunch menu.
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32. Sobretablas
Chef Camila Ferraro's contemporary Andalusian restaurant in a chalet near the Plaza de España, with a tasting menu and a wine list built around sherry.
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33. Cañabota
A Michelin-starred fish and seafood restaurant in the centre, grilling the daily catch from the Andalusian Atlantic coast in an open kitchen with counter seating.
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34. Central Bar
Ricard Camarena's counter bar inside the Central Market, serving tapas, sandwiches and daily specials to shoppers from Monday to Saturday.
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35. Els Quatre Gats
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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36. Juana La Loca
A popular tapas bar, now on Calle de Recoletos, known for its tortilla de patatas with caramelised onion and creative pintxos.
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37. Bar Tonyina
A neighbourhood bar near the City of Arts and Sciences known for tuna dishes, tapas, grilled sandwiches and a good-value daily set menu.
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38. Quimet & Quimet
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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39. Sala de Despiece
Chef Javier Bonet's butcher-shop-styled tapas bar, opened on Calle Ponzano in 2013 and now on Calle de Alonso Cano in Chamberí.
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40. Tribeca
A Sevillian classic for more than 20 years near the Jardines de la Buhaira, known for seasonal produce, quality meat and fish from the Gulf of Cádiz.
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