The Eater Guide to Barcelona eater.com

There are some things you can be fairly sure of when you’re visiting Barcelona — a city that, as a travel destination, is not exactly untread territory. First and most reliably, there will be jamón. There will be Gaudí. There will be crusty hunks of bread rubbed with tomato and tall glasses of vermouth spritzed with soda — the latter preferably consumed in the late morning near a gathering of loud elder Catalonians. There will be football. There will be mind-bending tasting menus with six-month wait-lists and platters of paella (better yet, fideuà) scarfed by the seashore. There will be 11 p.m. dinners. And typically, yes, there will be people.

Where to find Mediterranean seafood, crisp paella, perfect tapas, and aged steaks carved tableside in the Catalan capital