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Miquel Pardo's fun, value-driven modern-Catalan rice and tapas

The benchmark all-day tapas bar of the Eixample

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Barcelona's 1820 absinthe bar, gloriously unchanged

Seasonal vegetarian and vegan cooking with global accents

Candlelit Art Nouveau bodega of cheese, charcuterie and art

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Candlelit wine jewel-box in the old Jewish quarter

Wine shop, deli and snug restaurant with a local list

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Ten-table owner-run seafood and rice locals' room

Design-led vegetarian kitchen near the old port