Can Dende
Brazilian Brunch & Café · Poblenou, Barcelona · €€
Open since 2015
Patricia Leone left São Paulo for Poblenou in 2015 to cook Brazilian brunch — eggs Benedict in four guises sharing the plate with pão de queijo, fried green tomatoes, and caramelised French toast. A storefront barely bigger than its kitchen.
The Delekta Review
Brazilian brunch and lunch only — service ends mid-afternoon, no dinner São Paulo brunch idiom with Bahian threads — the name dendê comes from the palm fruit central to Brazilian cooking
Opened 2015 by Patricia Leone, a São Paulo chef who relocated to Barcelona and built the place around her own cooking
Eggs Benedict in four versions — including one crowned with slow-cooked pulled pork Pão de queijo, fried green tomatoes, caramelised French toast, and sweet-or-savoury pancakes anchor the rotation
Single-room Poblenou storefront with the kitchen anchored mid-floor and visible from every seat Sidewalk benches double as the queue once the dining room fills, especially on weekends
Closed Tuesday and Wednesday
What the critics say
- Can Dende - Where Happiness Lives - Barcelona Food Experience
- Can Dendê - Time Out Barcelona
- Can Dende Barcelona
- Can Dendê
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de la Ciutat de Granada, 44, Sant Martí, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 930 19 82 97
- Website
- candendebcn.com
Nearby restaurants in Poblenou
- Els Tres Porquets — Mediterranean Catalan Tapas, €€€
- Atipical — Creative Mediterranean, €€
- Ona — Hyper-local Tasting Experience, €€€€
- Can Fisher — Seafood & Paella, €€€
- Can Recasens — Catalan Deli & Wine, €€