Mekane in Barcelona

The Istanbul Anatolian grill, transplanted to the Eixample

Valencian rice mastery in a former textile factory

Tiny Venetian taberna beside the Boqueria

Theatrical classic-Spanish bar dining steps off La Rambla

Dani Lechuga's meat-obsessed counter bistro

Barcelona's oldest cocktail bar, founded 1933

Legendary no-menu seafood counter run on the chef's whim

Half-century Les Corts classic for fish and grills

Barceloneta's oldest house, seafood since the 1750s building

1903 fishermen's tavern, fourth-generation rice house

A Born cocktail laboratory of ferments and distillates

Poblenou's seafood benchmark on a postcard plaza

Matsuhisa's robata izakaya across from Santa Caterina market

Modern Barceloneta rice and seafood kitchen

Domenech i Montaner's UNESCO Modernista concert hall

A speakeasy behind a pastrami-shop freezer door, Born

Inland 1959 paella house where Barceloneta families eat

El Bulli-trained Catalan cooking on the Rambla del Raval

Creative-district stay with strong social spaces

Seasonal Catalan small plates with a coveted garden terrace in Sarria

Venetian cooking by twin brothers below Montjuic