Barcelona

TRIED & TESTED: TOTO BARCELONA

January 22nd, 2013

totobarcelona

Most striking feature:

The interior, done by Lázaro Rosa Violán, is beautiful. The designer is well-known in Barcelona (Big Fish, Chez Coco, The Prakik Hotel: all designed by him). His style isn’t minimalistic. No it’s about a warm, welcoming bombastic explosion of colors, lamps and patterns on the floor. That’s also the case at the newly opened Toto in l’Eixample. The owners of Crusto, the posh bakery next door, decided to open a restaurant where you’re welcome for drinks, lunch and dinner. The chef, Jason Botterill, is Read more…


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TRIED & TESTED: USAGUI BARCELONA

January 22nd, 2013

usaguibarcelona

Most striking feature:

An underground Japanese tea salon in the Sant Gervasi area of Barcelona. Usagui has a simple but beautiful interior. Simple wooden tables combined Read more…


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TRIED & TESTED: MATBAR BARCELONA

January 21st, 2013

matbarbarcelona

Most striking feature:

The swimming pool like bathroom? The table tennis rackets on the walls? Painted in fantastic colors? The friendly owners of the place? The delicious small pizza we’ve ordered? Too much to mention. Let’s start here: the former owners of Federal Cafe, you know that amazing place where you can sit in the windows and read magazines the whole day, opened Mat Bar. Everything in here is about games. That’s Read more…


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TRIED & TESTED: GRANJA PETIT BO BARCELONA

January 21st, 2013

granjapetitbobarcelona

Most striking feature:

The vintage interior with New York style details. Like a wall made out of bricks. Completed with a bright yellow lamp and a vintage map of the world. Granja Petit Bo is the newest cafe (opened in December) in Barcelona. A place where you can spend ages reading magazines, trying out their Read more…


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TRIED & TESTED: CAFE COMETA BARCELONA

January 17th, 2013

cafecometabarcelona

Most striking feature:

Wow! That wall made of beautiful graphic prints. So inspiring. Definitely something to try at home. Cafe Cometa, in the cool Sant Antoni district of Barcelona, where you also find Federal Cafe and Taranna around the corner, is the new spot on the block. Open for Read more…


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NEW SPOT: USAGUI BARCELONA

November 29th, 2012

3 reasons to go there:

  1. Japanese cafe in Barcelona.
  2. If you’re checking out the posh Sant Gervasi area (maybe Read more…

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TRIED & TESTED: CHEZ COCO BARCELONA

November 6th, 2012

Most striking feature:

This is such a place your jaw drops when you enter it. If not by the smell of the freshly roasted chickens, it will be by the grandeur this newly opened restaurant radiates. Chez Coco opened it’s doors this Summer and focuses entirely on the rotisserie. You know, chickens rotating on a spit for hours with a very tasteful result (also done by Rijsel in Amsterdam for example). The owner of Chez Coco has another restaurant as well, only a few meters away, and it’s called Casa Paloma (where they focus on juicy steaks and tartare). The decor is done by Spanish designer Lazaro Rosa Violan who’s work you can recognize if you’ve been to Read more…


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TRIED & TESTED: FIGARO BARCELONA

November 5th, 2012

Most striking feature:

The large windows. It seems like you’re in a display with those floor to ceiling windows. Perfect for some people-watching, an activity which you can also practice on their terrace. But you rather keep your eyes on the menu where you will find ‘the best burgers in town’ so they say. You better go and try them, right? That’s what we did. The Manhattan was a burger without a bun, but with fries. Delicious cooked with a delicious flavor (8 euro). The Jerry’s has a bun and Read more…


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TRIED & TESTED: BUENAS MIGAS BARCELONA

November 5th, 2012

Most striking feature:

The interior. Buenas Migas is a focacceria (cafe with the best focaccia’s ever among other things like pasta and fresh juices) with various locations in the city. At this new location, at Plaza Universidad, you’ll find the same great sandwiches on the menu, but the interior is also to die for. Since the weather in Barcelona is so good (it’s November and it’s still 20 degrees celsius) they have a sort of Read more…


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FAVORITES: BARCELONA

September 24th, 2012

Update: January 23, 2013

The question I’m asked most often is: ‘what are your absolute favorites?’ That’s a tough question because everything on my site is a favorite, otherwise I won’t write about it. But if I have to narrow them down to a shortlist of the best addresses, so you can print it out and take it with you, you have found the right page. Here you go: my favorites, all Tried & Tested, in Barcelona! Enjoy! Read more…


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