Circolo Popolare Barcelona

Italian · Eixample, Barcelona · €€

Big Mamma's second Barcelona address — the old Citrus space on Passeig de Gràcia, dark for thirty years, rebuilt by Studio Kiki as a 1960s Sicily fever dream with 10,000 coloured bottles, 250 seats, and an open kitchen working ingredients flown weekly from Italy.

The Delekta Review

Big Mamma does not do subtle, and Circolo Popolare's Barcelona outpost is no exception. The old Citrus space, dark for three decades, has been gutted and rebuilt by Studio Kiki: 10,000 coloured bottles climb the walls, 40 metres of windows turn Passeig de Gràcia into a stage backdrop, 250 seats run loud. The pitch is two dishes — pizza al metro served in 80 cm sections, and spaghetti carbonara finished tableside inside a cheese wheel — surrounded by Sardinian and Roman plates with a deliberate seafood lean shaped for Barcelona. At €25–30 a head it stays in line with the group's pricing across Madrid, Paris, and London. Intimacy is not on offer. That is the deal.

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Address
Pg. de Gràcia, 44, Eixample, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 930 47 85 40
Website
circolopopolare.com/es/restaurantes/circolopopolare-barcelona
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