Cal Boter
Traditional Catalan Home Cooking · Gràcia, Barcelona · €€
Awards: Repsol Solete
Open since 1986
Gràcia esmorzar-de-forquilla institution opened in 1986 by Toni and Encarna in a converted carpentry — Marta and Pau in the kitchen now (Encarna still on desserts). Braised oxtail, lamb chops, salt cod, foraged mushrooms, every morning 9 to noon.
The Delekta Review
Solete distinction awarded in 2024
Toni and Encarna opened the bar in 1986 in a former carpentry on Carrer de Tordera; Marta and Pau took the kitchen over as the second generation, with Encarna still running the dessert side The family sources its meat from its own stall at Mercat de Sant Andreu and forages mushrooms for the daily specials Guy Fieri filmed at Cal Boter for Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Season 26 and praised the cargols
Esmorzar de forquilla — the dying Catalan fork-breakfast tradition — every morning from 9 to 12; chalkboard menu rotates by what the kitchen has Wine arrives in a porró — the spouted Catalan glass-free pitcher — for the table to share
Cargols a la llauna — the Guy Fieri pick Botifarra amb mongetes — Catalan sausage with white beans Xai al forn — oven-roasted lamb Callos con garbanzos — tripe stewed with chickpeas Bacalao al horno con allioli — salt cod baked under garlic-oil emulsion Foraged-mushroom plates when the season is on, calçots in calçotada season
Carrer de Tordera 62 in Vila de Gràcia — the converted carpentry has kept its hand-painted tiles and vintage advertisements; the room reads as kept rather than restored
Quoted in
“The fork breakfast at this family business is among the best in Gràcia.” — Guía Repsol
What the critics say
- Cal Boter Barcelona restaurant review
- Cal Boter | Atlas Obscura
- Cal Boter – Macarfi
- Cal Boter – TimeOut Barcelona (ES)
- Cal Boter — World of Mouth
- Cal Boter esmorzar de forquilla — ElNacional.cat
- Esmorzars de forquilla retorn — Gastronosfera
- Cal Boter — Guía Repsol
- La mejor escalivada de Barcelona se come en este bar con más de 38 años de historia
- Dónde comer la mejor crema catalana en Barcelona
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de Tordera, 62, Gràcia, 08012 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 58 84 62
- Website
- restaurantcalboter.com
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