El Sortidor

Catalan Tavern · Poble Sec, Barcelona · €€

Open since 1908

Open since 1908 on Plaça del Sortidor — sold ice and tapas before reopening in 2015 under new owners. The Modernista room is intact (coloured glass, cast-iron columns, marble tables); the terrace under century-old plane trees is the summer draw.

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Building dates to 1908; sold ice and ran a tasca on Plaça del Sortidor The Janiu family ran the place for forty years, locally famous for anchovies and vermut Reopened early 2015 as 'El Sortidor de la Filomena Pagès' — named for the grandmother of one new owner who fed neighbours during the postwar years Modernista interior is protected heritage: original early-20th-century doors, marble tables, wood chairs, high ceilings, and the centenary ice freezer kept in place

Catalan tavern carta from chef David Sanmartín — traditional inspiration with a small modern lean, market-driven, sit-down service across two daily turns

Patates braves Musclos a la cervesa (mussels cooked in beer) Arròs negre and 'Paella del Poble Sec' Cargols a la Gormanta, fricandó de vedella, entrecot de Girona — from the seasonal Catalan canon Torradeta de Santa Teresa, the room's most-requested dessert

Plaça del Sortidor terrace — Poble Sec's prettiest square, century-old plane trees overhead — is the summer draw Indoor: coloured-glass windows, cast-iron pillars, tiled bar, all under heritage protection

Limited week: closed Monday-Wednesday; open Thursday-Saturday lunch and dinner, Sunday lunch only

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Address
Plaça del Sortidor, 5, Sants-Montjuïc, 08004 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 690 76 57 21
Website
elsortidor.com
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