15 restaurants to keep track of, two closing and one returning after a fire
At the beginning of this school year, let's catch up on what's been happening in the restaurant business.
In principle, the year begins in January, but we all know that the year goes with the academic year and begins in September. So we're taking advantage of the new season to review the new releases we should pay attention to. We've already talked about some of them in detail; you'll find articles about others soon.
Outside of Barcelona, and since everyone who could has been near the sea, It is worth noting The Court of the Mos, in PalamósIt's been a busy summer for Helena Terme Adan and Jeffrey Ruiz Garcia. Their cuisine inspired by the book Sent Soví already has many followers. The other notable opening took place during the Sant Joan festival: we found it in Begur and it's the Empordà-style, garden-themed version of Jordi Vilà's restaurant in Barcelona. It is said, of course, Sea Alkostat. In the same Riera, by the way, there has been another place that has aroused many positive comments: Piece of Bear.
If we go down to Barcelona, things have been quite busy. There are restaurants that have grown, like Franca, which has incorporated a brutal lunch menu. Or the opening of Pomp, the second restaurant of Carlos Pérez de Rozas. His Berbena It is always packed to the rafters: we predict that it will be a repeated success. As the good people of the restaurant Rude, which have premiered Fiero HouseThey already warn that it is in no way "the little brother of Maleducat." And a third party that has been encouraged to open a second restaurant is the twins of the Xemei, who have opened the Super Bar in front of the Santa Caterina Market.
The opening of Fonda Balmes, the restaurant that takes over from the restaurant of the late Fermí Puig. Alfred Romagosa continues at the helm, accompanied by chef Josep Maria Masó. The restaurant's change of location was also very celebrated. Direct, by Arnau Muñío. He has left the Boqueria market to go to a place on Paris Street, in the Eixample.
There's a restaurant that isn't even a year old and it's already spread everywhere. It's the MotherfuckerThings have been going well for them for a while now, but the reason has less to do with their succulent food than with the visit of an illustrious Catalan. The singer Rosalía not only stopped by, but also dedicated a dish to them. A piece of advertising that fell from heaven.
In the hotel sector, which has been getting its gastronomic juices flowing for some time now, there are two places worth considering. The first is the terrace at the top of Moxy Barcelona, which is called Bonavista and it's a project by the Confieria Group. It's a stylish lookout (a design inspired by 70s Miami), there's a good cocktail bar (not in vain are they the owners of Paradise) and is designed to ensure people have a good time, which is why it includes curling and mini-golf. Also, keep an eye out for openings (plural) within the large SLS hotel, in the Fòrum. For now, the restaurant is already open. Lora.
In the finger food section, three options. The sandwiches of the'Ultrapaninos Marín, that close the circle of the Ultramarinos Marín restaurant and its chef Borja Ordoño. The burgers of the Fry House. They are Japanese style and fried chicken. The creator is chef and graphic illustrator El Puto Ken. And on Monday, the 8th, we welcome you to the beach bar in the Jardines del Grec. It will be called La Greca and will be managed by residents of Poble-sec: Raquel and Marc, from the restaurant Small House, and Lena and Joe fromEat Street.
Two closures and a return
This summer we learned that the restaurant was closing. Giant, in Poblenou, a few months after openingThey announced it on social media, and we hadn't seen this coming because it was a highly anticipated proposal from the start. An announced closure (which would be one to review) is that ofAurtArtur Martínez's one-star restaurant is looking for a new, more central location to continue growing. Until it finds one, it's due to open this month. the Catalan cuisine restaurant Elderberry, in the Eixample. We'll be on the lookout.
And we end with a return, that of Fish Mill. The La Ancha family's restaurant on Còrsega Street had to close because the kitchen burned down, and it's returning to Barcelona in just a few days. "It was an intense few months. We closed suddenly, with a heavy heart, but with a clear idea: to return as soon as possible and return well," chef and partner Nino Redruello tells ARA. "We've put our hearts and souls into rebuilding it in record time, and not only are we back, but we're doing so with new features."
There will be plenty of new features this year.
