El Xampanyet
Barcelona, Spain
The read// why locals go
Carrer de Montcada is the medieval street that leads to the Picasso Museum, and El Xampanyet has been on it since 1929 — tiled walls, a zinc bar, house cava poured cloudy and cold. Anchovies from L'Escala are the thing to order, alongside conserves, cheese and simple Catalan tapas eaten standing, because there is barely anywhere to sit. Tortilla and vegetable plates cover anyone not eating fish, and around €14 sees you through. Regulars have been coming for decades, and the bar has resisted every temptation to modernise around them.
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Carrer de Montcada 22, 08003 — Barcelona
The read// why locals go
Carrer de Montcada is the medieval street that leads to the Picasso Museum, and El Xampanyet has been on it since 1929 — tiled walls, a zinc bar, house cava poured cloudy and cold. Anchovies from L'Escala are the thing to order, alongside conserves, cheese and simple Catalan tapas eaten standing, because there is barely anywhere to sit. Tortilla and vegetable plates cover anyone not eating fish, and around €14 sees you through. Regulars have been coming for decades, and the bar has resisted every temptation to modernise around them.