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Eating
El Raval is possibly the most interesting part of the old town. Timeless classics of Bar-
celona dining are scattered across what was long the old city's poorest barri, and since the
late 1990s, battalions of hip new eateries and artsy restaurants can be found in the area
around MACBA.
BAR PINOTXO €€
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Tapas
(Mercat de la Boqueria; meals €20; 6am-5pm Mon-Sat Sep-Jul; Liceu) Bar Pinotxo is arguably
La Boqueria's, and even Barcelona's, best tapas bar. It sits among the half-dozen informal
eateries within the market, and the popular owner, Juanito, might serve up chickpeas with a
sweet sauce of pine nuts and raisins, a fantastically soft mix of potato and spinach sprinkled
with coarse salt, or a quivering cube of caramel sweet pork belly.
CA L'ISIDRE €€€
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( 93 441 11 39; www.calisidre.com ; Carrer de les Flors 12; mains €20-70; Mon-Sat, closed Easter & 3
weeks in Aug; Paral·lel) Lurking in an unappealing backstreet off El Raval, Ca L'Isidre is an
old-world gem. Immaculately kept dining areas stretch away from the entrance, dominated
by warm timber and tiles. The menu is a work of art in itself - try artichoke hearts stuffed
with mushrooms and foie gras, tuna steak with a tomato coulis or lamb's brains with black
butter.
GRANJA VIADER €
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Cafe
( 93 318 34 86; www.granjaviader.cat ; Carrer d'en Xuclà 4; 9am-1.45pm & 5-8.45pm Tue-Sat,
5-8.45pm Mon; Liceu) For more than a century, people have flocked down this alley to get
to the cups of homemade hot chocolate and whipped cream (ask for a suís ) ladled out in
this classic Catalan-style milk bar-cum-deli.
CASA LEOPOLDO €€
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