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A sign-less Barceloneta tavern, family-run since 1944, and the place that gets the credit for inventing the bomba: a fried potato-and-meat ball with aioli and a hot sauce, now copied all over the city. It opens at 09:00, runs out of food around lunch, and does not take reservations, so go early and queue with everyone who knows. Sardines, chickpeas with cuttlefish and a vermouth are the right companions.
Known for
- Bombas since 1944
- Grilled sardines
- No sign on the door
Walk-in only · €
Tonight (WED)
OPENS 09:00HOURS
- Crowd
- Fishermen's families, office lunchers, people who read about the bomba
- Music
- Kitchen and shouting
- Door
- Walk in and queue. Arrive before 13:00: the food runs out
- Busy from
- 12:00
No sign on the door. If there's a queue of people who look like they know, that's it.
Address
Carrer del Baluard, 56, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
+34 932 21 40 61
The week
| MON | 09:00–15:00 | Kitchen and shouting |
| TUE | 09:00–15:00 | Kitchen and shouting |
| WED | 09:00–15:00 | Kitchen and shouting |
| THU | 09:00–15:00 | Kitchen and shouting |
| FRI | 09:00–15:00 | Kitchen and shouting |
| SAT | 09:00–14:00 | Kitchen and shouting |
| SUN | Closed | Kitchen and shouting |
- tapas
- bomba
- seafood
- €
- no sign
- no reservations
- breakfast & lunch
- barceloneta
- closed sunday
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