L'Antic Forn
Traditional Catalan · El Raval, Barcelona · €€
L'Antic Forn occupies the former La Confianza bakery in El Raval, where chef Jerònima Castillo — originally from Sierra de Segura, Jaén — runs the kitchen alongside her husband Pedro and their children Silvia and Pedro; all cook, all serve.
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The space was a Raval neighborhood bakery known as La Confianza Run by chef Jerònima Castillo (originally from Sierra de Segura, Jaén) with her husband Pedro and their children Silvia and Pedro — all cook, all serve
Traditional Catalan with light innovation; charcoal grill is the centrepiece
Canelons — pork and veal with liver, vegetables, salt and spices Paella with deboned chicken and cuttlefish Caldereta de xai — Catalan lamb stew Grilled salmon, gilt-head bream Crema catalana
Three dining rooms with an open kitchen visible to diners; small two-table terrace Framed photos of the Raval gathering at the original bakery line the walls
Menú at €18.50; Wednesday to Saturday all day, Tuesday and Sunday 12-4pm
What the critics say
- Theatre of Noise: Lunch at L'Antic Forn
- L'Antic Forn - Barcelona Navigator
- L'Antic Forn cuina de l'Àvia — Catalunya Gastronòmica
Visit
- Address
- Carrer del Pintor Fortuny, 28, Ciutat Vella, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 12 02 86
- Website
- lanticforn.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in El Raval
- Bacaro — Venetian Italian, €€
- Cera 23 — Galician-Mediterranean Fusion, €€
- Bar Cañete — Classic Catalan Tapas, €€€
- Suculent — Creative Catalan Gastropub, €€€
- Dos Pebrots — Ancestral Mediterranean, €€€
More Catalan in Barcelona
- La Cova Fumada — Traditional Catalan Tapas, Barceloneta, €
- Agreste Mar — Italian-Catalan, Barri Gòtic, €€€
- Tram-Tram — French-Catalan, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€€
- Vivanda — Fine Dining Catalan, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, Eixample, €€€