Fonda Pepa
Catalan-Mexican Fusion · Gràcia, Barcelona · €€
Open since 2021
Fonda Pepa is a Gràcia fonda where chefs Pedro Baño and Paco Benítez — joined in the dining room by Anna — took over a 30-year-old space in 2020 and built a Catalan-Mexican menu with French inflections that reads as coherent rather than cluttered.
The Delekta Review
Chefs Pedro Baño and Paco Benítez — they took over a 30-year-old Gràcia space and opened Fonda Pepa in 2020 Anna runs the dining room Sister restaurant Fonda Pepe operates in the same neighborhood as a streamlined version
Catalan, Mexican, and French inflections — the fusion is a working tool, not a marketing line
Lamb neck with guajillo chili, chickpeas, and romesco — Mexican birria meets Catalan sauce Organic carrot with butter-kombu sauce Roast beef and Iberian ham croquettes
30-year-old Gràcia space with marble tables and a leafy courtyard terrace
Quoted in
“In Mexico, there's a broth called birria, which we cook with chickpeas. Here we add a Catalan sauce, romesco.” — Paco Benítez · Ara
What the critics say
- Fonda Pepa – Barcelona Food Experience
- Fonda Pepa – Culinary Backstreets
- Fonda Pepa – Ara.cat
- Fonda Pepa – Macarfi
- Fonda Pepa – Foodie in Barcelona
- Fonda Pepa
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de Tordera, 58, Gràcia, 08012 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 932 07 22 53
- Website
- fondapepa.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
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