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Cerveseria Catalana

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Cerveseria Catalana $$ [Tapas][Eixample Esquerra]
C/Mallorca, 236
08008 BCN, Spain
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Metro: Passeig de Gràcia (L2)(L3)(L4), Diagonal (L3)(L5)
Hours: 9am-1:30am daily
Contact: 93-216-03-68
Visited: 3:30pm Mon. May 1, 2006
Entrance:
Cerveseria Catalana
Touristy tapas bar that usually has a waiting line (we waited half an hour).

Interior with shelves of wine:
Cerveseria interior

“Bravas” Potatoes with spicy sauce and mayonnaise €3.10
bravas
Thick cut potatoey potatoes with normal sauce.

Baked Red Peppers Fillet (with Cod puree) €3.45
stuffed pepper
Really soft, thin red peppers stuffed with mashed potato like cod and topped with mozarella cheese. Pretty yummy.

Pan con Tomate €1.95
bread
For the first time, these were really hard and crunchy.

Small Squids Roman Style €4.25
squid
Not as good as the first time we got calamari here. Maybe because it was a Monday, not the best day for seafood (and many restaurants are closed) but these scary looking big rings of calamari were very rubbery.

Grilled Clams €9.90
clams
Small plate of garlicy buttery clams.

Prawn Brochette €2.70
prawn
Crunchy grilled salty shrimp on top of a tiny oiled and buttered piece of toast.

Café con leche €1.35
cafe

The waiters were a bit slow and messy, and added on a coca cola light we didn’t want. Too bad we paid before noticing.

Receipt:
cafe con leche 1.35
agua 1.20
2 coca-cola 1.60 3.20
cocacola light 1.60
m. brocht. langostin 2.70
plato pan con tomat 1.95
rac. pan con tomate 1.60 (we got another plate after)
pat. bravas 3.10
pimientos piquillo 3.45
calamares romana 5.15
almejas 9.90
total+tax= €37.66 (lunch for 2)
Visited: 3:30pm Thu. September 8, 2005
Patatas bravas.
bravas

Crispy strips of very fresh very soft calamari.
calamari

A smoked salmon sandwich.
salmon

Russian salad.
russian salad
It’s like a potato and tuna fish salad with little cubes of potatoes, peas, eggs, carrots.

Receipt:
agua 1.15
sprite/nestea 1.55
f. salmon 3.95
chocos sepia 4.35
pat. bravas 2.95
ens. rusa 3.15