Can Bo

Catalan / Italian Tapas · Ciutat Vella, Barcelona · €€€

Awards: Michelin Selection

Open since 2024

Oliver Peña (ex-elBulli, ex-Comerç 24, owner-chef of 1★ Teatro Kitchen Bar) advises; Genoese executive Lorenzo Cavazzoni cooks.

The Delekta Review

Tapas and shared plates, format-first — small bites from €4 share the carte with full share-plates around €15–17; daily 12:30–00:00 with a continuous bar Catalan tapas with a deliberate Italian undercurrent from Cavazzoni — handmade pasta (tagliatelle, plin), cacio e pepe applied to artichokes, ragù running through the Sunday-stew register Wine program is unusually serious for a tapas room: 150-plus references, around a dozen rotating by the glass, minimum-intervention focus from sommelier Amador Marín — wine pairings around €25 per person

Tagliatelle fresca al ragú de rabo de toro — Cavazzoni's signature, an explicit homage to his mother's kitchen in Genoa Presa ibérica 'tonnata' — Iberian pork with the Piedmontese tuna-and-caper sauce, around €17 Gilda XXL with oversized olives; brioche de pulpo frito with mojo rojo — the bar-snacks half of the menu Tortilla de patatas hecha al momento (€8) — soft-set, ordered to order; ensaladilla rusa with bonito belly and capers, mounted daily Puerro al carbón con romesco (€13) — Peña's family recipe; alcachofas 'cacio e pepe' for the Italian-Catalan crossover Ravioli 'plin' filled with ossobuco; albóndigas de vaca vieja — Repsol singles these out as the house references Arroz socarrat with red prawn, clams and alioli — Philippe Regol flagged it as the dish that surprised him most on his May 2025 visit

Oliver Peña — elBulli Hotel, 41º Experience, Comerç 24, Enigma; later owner-chef of Teatro Kitchen Bar (1★ Michelin, now closed) — signs as creative advisor, with menu and kitchen-philosophy oversight rather than day-to-day service Lorenzo Cavazzoni — Genoese executive chef, six years in Catalonia, prior stints in Rome and London — runs the day-to-day kitchen and brings the Italian register on tagliatelle, plin, cacio e pepe Opened 18 October 2024 on the ground floor of Grand Hotel Central — the 1911 Casa Cambó building. The name plays on Catalan 'can' (home) and 'bo' (good); etymologically it also echoes the building's former owner, Francesc Cambó

Seventy-seat ground-floor room facing the Roman wall and Plaça Juli Garreta — independent street entrance on Via Laietana, distinct from the hotel lobby; designed by London/Barcelona studio Sagrada (Arts Club London, Maison Breguet Paris) Mediterranean terracotta-and-blue palette, trencadís-style mosaic floor, large windows for natural light, central bar with the wine library visible behind it

Address: Via Laietana 30 (corner with Plaça Juli Garreta) — three minutes from L4 Jaume I, five from L1/L4 Urquinaona Service daily 12:30–00:00; kitchen 12:30–16:00 and 19:00–22:30 — bar continues between services Reservations through CoverManager (canonical) or the house site/phone — independent of the hotel; wheelchair-accessible, no terrace, no private rooms

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Address
Via Laietana, 30, Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 932 95 79 05
Website
canbo.es
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