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place for new cafe openings. The pickings in Sants are slimmer, but there are
still some worthy exceptions.
Montjuïc
MEDITERRANEAN, ASIAN
MIRAMAR
€16-23, lunchtime 3-course fixed menu €19.50; 1-4pm & 9pm-midnight Tue-Sat, 1-4pm Sun; D20)
With several terraces and a cool designer main dining area, this restaurant's key draw is the
views it offers over Barcelona's waterfront. Hovering just above the Transbordador Aeri
cable-car station, you can linger over a coffee or tuck into an elegant meal with a creative
Catalan and Mediterranean slant, or opt for an extensive Asian menu.
El Poble Sec
PIZZA
LA BELLA NAPOLI
93 442 50 56; Carrer de Margarit 14; pizzas €8-15;
1.30-4pm & 8.30pm-
midnight; Paral·lel)
There are pizza joints all over Barcelona. And then there's the real thing: the way they make
it in Naples. This place even
feels
like Naples. The waiters are mostly from across the Med
and have that cheeky southern Italian approach to food, customers and everything else. The
pizzas are good, ranging from the simple margherita to a heavenly black-truffle number.
CANARIAN
BARRAMÓN
7-11.30pm Mon-Thu, 1pm-midnight Fri-Sun; Paral·lel)
On the lively Carrer de Blai, Barramón is a great little bar that serves Canarian food and is a
bit rock and roll at the same time. Try the
ropa vieja
(an infinitely more flavoursome ver-
sion of its Cuban cousin), a wonderful stew of chickpeas and shredded pork;
papas arruga-
das
(baked new potatoes with a spicy sauce); and
almogrote
(cured cheese topped with olive
oil, garlic and red pepper).
CATALAN
TAVERNA CAN MARGARIT
93 177 07 40; Carrer de la Concòrdia 21; mains €8-12;
9-11.30pm Mon-
Sat;
Poble Sec)
