Venues similar to Gresca

Two-star cooking served at a counter, not a white-tablecloth room

Dani Lechuga's meat-obsessed counter bistro

Tiny Venetian taberna beside the Boqueria

Venetian cooking by twin brothers below Montjuic

The Istanbul Anatolian grill, transplanted to the Eixample

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

Seasonal Catalan small plates with a coveted garden terrace in Sarria

El Bulli-trained Catalan cooking on the Rambla del Raval

Theatrical classic-Spanish bar dining steps off La Rambla

Poblenou's seafood benchmark on a postcard plaza

Valencian rice mastery in a former textile factory

Half-century Les Corts classic for fish and grills