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Cap Pep's long bar is a famous port of call for sybarities, consummate gastronomoes and predators with refined palates.  Life here revolved around the counter, the crowded vantage vpoint from which you can watch waiters serving up a battery of delicacies such as clams, baby octopuses, artichokes monkfish tails, and omelettes  Sure. you'll feel the breath of the queuers next in line on the back of your neck, but the food's so good , and so fresh , you'll forget the murderous stares of customers  waiting for you to hurry up and leave Cal Pep Pl de les Oiles, 8 Barcelona T:   93 310 7961 W:   www.calpep.com

This small, old-fashioned bar is located right next to the door as you come in, so you can't miss it.  Across the bar's surface slide down -to-earth home-made dishes, based on ingredients sourced in the Catalan countryside.The daily set lunch menu has an enviable reputation, but La Pubilla really wins our vote for its hearty cooked breakfasts: their fried eggs with streaky bacon, salt cod with sanfaineta (Catalan ratatouille), a tortilla ( omelette) of the day, and the orgasmic coca bread with tomato pulp will make you regret that you ever spent mornings having settled for nothing more than a coffee and a croissant. Bar La Pubilla# PL.de la Llibertat, 23 Barcelona T:   93 218 29 94