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Tragaluz

Fine dining at Tragaluz is pretty fine

By the same group as the crowd-pleasing Cuines Santa Catarina and Bar Lobo, Tragaluz should be a winne given it is the group’s flagship.

Certainly the space is right – with its opening roof that should be spectacular on a warm summer evening – and the food presentation is what you’d expect from a place seemingly looking for Michelin stars. (Oddly enough it doesn’t even get a mention in the red guide, which is somewhat strange in our opinion – some lesser places make the list).

If fine-dining is your schtick, you could do worse. 

Pasaje de la Concepción, 5

Tel: 934 870 621

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Casual/tapas

Palosanto

Palosanto is a tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Rambla del Raval, Barcelona

With indoor seating for a maximum of 20 diners, it can be hard to get a table at Palosanto – it doesn’t help that it only offers a couple of tables for more than two. What must be the world’s smallest kitchen turns out some pretty decent burgers, along with some more traditional tapas fare, alongside a few more unusual dishes such as the rather nice artichoke salad with tuna.

Palosanto puts out some more interesting dishes such as this artichoke salad

Rambla del Raval, 26

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Cuines Santa Caterina

Cuines Santa Caterina is a popular option in Santa Caterina market, Barcelona

This place is hugely popular, and it’s easy to see why. Eat in the restaurant, at the bar, or al fresco on a nice day, but be aware – it’s a tapas menu at the bar and outside, while the indoors dining area has the full menu.

The kitchen turns out an odd array of dishes, from Spanish standards to Thai noodles and sushi. Needless to say we stick with the Spanish.

Butifara sausage, foie and Santa Pau beans at Cuines Santa Caterina. Awesome

The Catalan sausage with foie gras and Santa Pau beans is a standout on a menu that’s generally winners.

Avda Francesc Cambó, 16

Tel: 932 689 918

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