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( 93 323 68 18; www.cata181.com ; Carrer de València 181; tapas €7-12; dinner Mon-Sat; Pas-
seig de Gràcia) A beautifully designed venue (with lots of small lights, some trapped in bird-
cages), this is the place to come for fine wines and dainty gourmet dishes like raviolis
amb bacallà (salt-cod dumplings) or truita de patates i tòfona negre (thick potato tortilla
with a delicate trace of black truffle).
TAKTIKA BERRI €€
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Basque, Tapas
( Carrer de València 169; mains €15; lunch & dinner Mon-Fri, lunch Sat; Hospital Clínic) Get in
early as the bar teems with punters from far and wide, anxious to wrap their mouths
around some of the best Basque tapas in town. The hot morsels are all snapped up as soon
as they arrive from the kitchen, so keep your eyes peeled. The seated dining area out the
back is also good. In the evening, it's all over by about 10.30pm.
SPEAKEASY €€
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International
( 93 217 50 80; www.drymartinibcn.com ; Carrer d'Aribau 162-166; mains €10-15; lunch & dinner
Mon-Fri, dinner Sat Sep-Jul; Diagonal) This clandestine restaurant lurks behind the Dry
Martini ( Click here ) bar. You will be shown a door through the open kitchen area to the
'storeroom', lined with hundreds of bottles of backlit, quality tipples. Dark decorative
tones, a few works of art, low lighting, light jazz music and smooth service complete the
setting. The menu has tempting options like the huge hunk of burrata cheese with white
asparagus and strips of ravishing jamón (cured ham).
Cafe
FASTVÍNIC €
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( 93 487 32 41; www.fastvinic.com ; Carrer de la Diputació 251; sandwiches €6-10; noon-midnight
Mon-Sat; Passeig de Gracia) A project in sustainability all round, this is slow food done
fast, with ingredients, wine and building materials all sourced from Catalonia. It's all
sandwiches on the menu, with some wonderful choices of roast beef, mustard and honey,
or more adventurous crunchy suckling pig, banana chutney and coriander; there is also a
self-service wine machine with quality Spanish choices.
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