Pinotxo Bar

Market Bar & Catalan Tapas · Sant Antoni, Barcelona · €€

Awards: Repsol Solete

Open since 1952

Reopened at Mercat de Sant Antoni in October 2023 — same name, same family, new venue. The original 1952 La Boqueria stall closed when Juanito Bayén died in April 2023; his nephew Jordi Asín Bayén now runs the new room.

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Catalan classics — fricandó, capipota, chickpeas with morella, rabo de toro

Eggs and baby squid, fried together on the plancha — the signature carried over from La Boqueria Garbanzos amb morella — chickpeas with blood sausage, raisins, pine nuts Capipota — head-and-trotter stew Rabo de toro estofat

Founded 1952 at Mercat de la Boqueria by the Bayén family Juanito Bayén ran the counter for over seven decades; died April 2023, aged 88 Original La Boqueria stall closed after his death; now operates as 'Mítico Bar' (different owner, can't use the Pinotxo name) Jordi Asín Bayén — Juanito's nephew — had registered the Pinotxo name a decade earlier and reopened at Mercat de Sant Antoni on October 23, 2023

Counter inside Mercat de Sant Antoni, corner of Carrer del Compte d'Urgell and Carrer Tamarit Walk-in only — line builds before opening

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Address
Carrer del Compte d'Urgell 1 Mercat de Sant Antoni 18-19-20-21, Eixample, 08011 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 933 17 17 31
Website
pinotxobar.com

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