Photos: Secret Restaurants of Barcelona

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Berberechos (steamed cockles) with olives, a specialty at Bar Mut in the Eixample.
(Galilea Nin)
Els Tres Porquets owners Xavi Jovells and Marc Cuenca.
(Galilea Nin)
Antonio Gaudí’s La Pedrera, built in 1906 in the Eixample.
(Galilea Nin)
The staff at Barcelona's Bar Mut.

(Galilea Nin)
Garlic lining the walls of Bar Tomás.
(Galilea Nin)
Tomás’s aioli pumping station.
(Galilea Nin)
A classic afternoon at

at La Plata, in Barri Gòtic.

(Galilea Nin)
A white wine porrón at La Plata.
(Galilea Nin)
Huevos revueltos, a Catalan specialty from Els Tres Porquets.
(Galilea Nin)
Palmira, the matriarch of
La Cova Fumada.
(Galilea Nin)