Oaxaca

Mexican · El Born, Barcelona · €€

Chef Joan Bagur learned from traditional Mexican mayoras before opening on Pla de Palau. Ancestral techniques, ingredients from his own garden. Glass-enclosed kitchen, everything from scratch. One of Europe's finest mezcalerías. High-end but not molecular.

The Delekta Review

Chef Joan Bagur arrived in Mexico in 2000 and spent years apprenticing to the mayoras — the grandmother-cooks who guard ancestral recipes across the country — before coming home. When he opened Oaxaca on Pla de Palau, he brought back something Barcelona had never really had: genuine Mexican gastronomy built on technique rather than shortcuts. The commitment is extreme. Finding Barcelona's markets unable to supply what he needed, Bagur cultivated his own garden — over 40 products including xalapeños, poblanos, chile de árbol, frijol and Mexican herbs arrive fresh daily. Everything is made from scratch and to order in a glass-walled kitchen that turns the cooking into theatre without pretending otherwise. The mezcalería is among the finest in Europe — a deep, curated selection that would impress in Mexico City. This is not Tex-Mex, not fusion, not molecular. It's high-end authentic Mexican cooking, ancestral techniques intact, translated to a Barcelona room with intelligence and respect. Most original non-Catalan kitchen in the city, genuinely.

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Address
Pla de Palau, 19, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 933 19 00 64
Website
oaxaca.es
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