In the Barceloneta market, a tapas sideshow to the Michelin-starred Lluçanés restaurant upstairs.

Though the inside of the restaurant is ok, I'd make sure when booking that there's a table free in the garden because it really is the best thing about the place. I had a smoked fish salad for star...

Very acceptable table wine for just €3.50.

Dimarts a Dissabtes 13:30 a 15:15 / 21:00 a 23:00 Diumenges, Dilluns i Festius tancat

No menu, they just keep bringing the fish apparently!

I found this to be very much in the line of Les Terrasses and some other Priorats in that it's very intense and even an hour open doesn't seem to be enough. At the same time the minerals were very int...

Acceptable white table wine for the price (about €3.40). It helps a lot if you serve it very cold....

Just as good as their red, this white from the highest part of the Penedés has body without being as heavy as Costers del Segre whites. As usual, there's a little leaflet that goes with the bott...

A bit weak on the aroma, I thought there was more than 48% chardonnay. Not sure about the coupage but good for the price....

Open since 1943. They only accept reservations at night.

14.5º. 90% samsó. Aged 12 months in new American oak barrels and the rest in the bottle.

Lovely, shaded, traffic-free square for their terrace. Nice enough food, though not too fresh seeing it was Sunday, and very nice people. The fried artichokes are worth a try. They could do with some ...

Dry and full-bodied with some taste of mature apples with their skin. One of the best Penedès whites....

I found the merlot very noticeable but the bottle doesn't specify the proportions. Red apple taste. Loses something after a while, but good value....

Interesting wine which improves a lot after a while but then goes a little flat. I'll have to try their other wines. This is their most basic one, maybe a little overpriced....

Aquest és un dels clàssics de Sabadell. Abans era a la Rambla, i ara és molt a prop del Mercat Central. Em fa l'efecte que és un lloc de clientela fidel, d'aquells que saps que no et fallarà: bon menj...

This was one of the wines recommended in the wine shop where I bought it (Tic-Tac, what a terrible name for a wine shop), which will mean I won't be accepting their advice any more. I left it open...

I've been putting off buying this wine for ages because the label tries to look hand made when it really isn't but when I finally did, I soon forgot about it. An excellent meaty cabernet sauvignon whi...

There are all sorts of tacky Viennese decoration and the waiters dress up in silly uniforms but it's basically an upclass, slightly healthier than usual fast food restaurant. It fills up easily and it...

Long standing tapas place in need of something new. I used to go here practically every Saturday lunchtime with my friends and always have patates braves and russian salad. That eventually withered aw...

40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 30% Ull de llebre. 10 days fermentation in stainless steel. 12 months in French and American oak barrels. 24 months in bottle until March 2006. 13º.

Vintage finished off by friends when the winemaker died in an accident. 70 grenache, 30% carignane.

Eucalyptus, blue cheese and leather aromas. Very quick to open up, though it does need a little decanting. Smooth and moderate tannins. The best Montsant for under €10....

14.1º. 20-24 euros.

I hadn't drunk anything from Mas Tinell in years but I always remembered it as a cheap but very drinkable white which went well with lots of things. I found this too acidic though, especially on first...

The Rambles is really no place to eat and I only ever do when I'm shopping in the area and I want something quick. Well if that's the case, this isn't a bad bet, a long-established tapas-pizza-pasta p...

Not bad food and generous portions, but just a little cold overall....

The best ones are the tuna paté with the anchovy on top and the escalivada one. Nice decoration, but as usual, if you're sitting at the bar, you're always going to have people leaning over you to get ...