Venues similar to Alkimia

Hideki Matsuhisa's Michelin-starred Japanese counter

Oriol Ivern's quietly inventive modern-Catalan room since 2001

Venetian cooking by twin brothers below Montjuic

Martin Berasategui's three-star Basque temple inside the Monument Hotel

Jordi Cruz's three-star flagship in an uptown garden estate

Dani Lechuga's meat-obsessed counter bistro

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

Michelin-starred restaurant-school with an open kitchen of chefs in training

Sarria's no-nonsense temple to the city's best patatas bravas

Intimate tasting-menu dining on a quiet Gracia corner

Reborn Gothic classic for honest Catalan cooking

Andalusian-Catalan tapas, north-meets-south kitchen

Peruvian-Asian-Mediterranean fusion off Carrer Blai

Thirty-year Neapolitan wood-fired pizza institution

1903 fishermen's tavern, fourth-generation rice house

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

Three-star elBulli alumni at the creative peak of Spanish gastronomy

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

Two-star modern Catalan from Canadian-Catalan chef Jordi Artal

Belle-epoque grand classic where moneyed Barcelona has dined since 1967