Tapas

Tapas at the Old City location of Sagardi. (Photo courtesy of the restaurant)

The best tascas in Barcelona for nibbling your way through the bite-sized edible delights that are tapas

Quimet i Quimet tapas bar in Barcelona. When in Spain, do like the Spanish—indulge in an early-evening tapeo (tapas bar crawl).

Tapas rank somewhere between a snack and a passion in Spain, a selection of bite-sized morsels, montaditos sandwiches, and savories-on-a-stick serves at tascas (tapas bars) across Barcelona.

One of Barcelona's best tascas (tapas bars) is Sagardi in the bustling Born section of La Ribera. Basque-style finger foods and traditional cider make a great pre-dinner social event, or a full meal. Carrer Argenteria 62 (tel. +34-933-199-993; www.sagardi.com).

Tiny Quimet i Quimet has been a beloved Barcelona bodega for four generations, with nothing fried, throngs of locals (and tourists; thanks a lot, Anthony Bourdain), and their own Belgian beer in tap. Carrer del Poeya Cabanyes 25 (tel. +34-934-423-142; www.facebook.com/pages/Quimet-y-Quimet/177424185646006).

Just off La Rambla, look for the building with all the umbrellas and double back behind it to find the Taverna Basca Irati, known for homemade pintxos (tapas) and some carefully selected wines. Carrer Cardenal Casanyes 17 (tel. +34-902-520-522; www.iratitavernabasca.com)

Bodega la Plata, a block off the portside boulevard in the Barri Gotíc, specializes in deep-fried sardines. Carrer Mercè 28 (tel. +34-933-151-009)

Tips & Links

Lists of Barcelona tascas

Recommendations, articles, and round-up of top tapas bars in Barcelona:

• Time Out
• The Guardian
• Trip Advisor
• Lonely Planet
• Tourist Guide: Barcelona
• Barcelona Tourism

Barcelona food tours

• Tapas, wine, & chocolate
• Cooking & markets
• Dinners
• Daytrips

• Tapas Evening Walking Tour of Barcelona
• Context: Pica-Pica in Poble-Sec Tapas Walk
• Barcelona Tapas Tour “en el barrio”
• Barcelona Cycle & Tapas
• Spanish Wine Tasting in Barcelona
• Context: City of Chocolate
• Small-Group Barcelona Chocolate and Sweets Walking Tour

• Context: My Barcelona Kitchen
• Small-Group Barcelona Cooking Class
• Private Tour: Barcelona Cooking Class with Boqueria Market Walking Tour
• Context: Farm to Fork, the Boqueria and Beyond
• Barcelona Gourmet Food and La Boqueria Market Walking Tour
• Context: Modernista Menu: Avant-Garde Barcelona Cuisine

• Context: Modernista Menu: Avant-Garde Barcelona Cuisine
• Barcelona Gourmet Tapas and Private Flamenco Show in a Medieval Palace
• Barcelona Gourmet Dinner on a Deluxe Glass-Roof Bus
• Flamenco Night at Tablao Cordobes

• Small-Group Tour: Traditional Food and Wine Day Trip from Barcelona
• Small-Group Cava and Wine Day Trip from Barcelona
• Sitges and Freixenet's Cava Wine Cellars Day Trip from Barcelona
• Barcelona Super Saver: City Tour, Sitges and Freixenet Cava Day Trip
• Barcelona Super Saver: Sitges, Freixenet Cava Wine Cellars and Montserrat Tour
• Small-Group Montserrat Tour from Barcelona: Wine and Cheese Tasting with Optional Golf Round
• Catalan Culture Tour from Barcelona: Food Market, Montblanc and Human Tower Festival
• Small-Group Catalonia Tour from Barcelona: Alella Wine Tasting, Catalan Food and Human Tower Displays

 

 

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