Eat well in Barcelona without overpaying: the locals'-budget edition.
Eat well in Barcelona for under €15 a plate: the places locals on a budget actually use.
Bar Pinotxo in Barcelona's Boqueria market does a market-breakfast counter from 06:30: chickpeas and blood sausage, a coffee and a glass for under 12 euros.
TryMarket breakfast at the counter
TipClosed Sunday. The chickpea breakfast is the order; get there before 09:00 for a stool.
Conesa Entrepans on Plaça Sant Jaume in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter has run toasted bocadillos since 1951: 90+ fillings, 5 euro sandwich, a lunchtime steal.
TryToasted bocadillo
TipClosed Sunday. Order by number from the wall; counter takes 10 minutes.
La Cova Fumada in Barcelona's Barceloneta serves bombas and anchovies under 14 euros: cash-only, lunchtime weekday, the canonical pre-elBulli neighbourhood.
TryBombas (potato fritters)
TipOpen weekday lunch only; cash only. Three bombas, anchovies and a beer for 12 euros.
Can Paixano in Barcelona's Barceloneta pours pink cava at 1.50 euros and serves a chorizo bocadillo at 1.50: three cavas and a bocadillo is 8 euros total.
TryCava and chorizo bocadillo
TipOpen Mon-Sat lunchtime and evenings. Standing only; the bar closes by 22:00 on weekdays.
Can Vilaro in Barcelona's Sant Antoni runs a 13 euro menu del dia Mon-Sat lunch: three courses with bread, water, glass of wine and dessert.
TryCatalan three-course lunch
TipClosed Sunday. The 13 euro menu del dia runs 13:30-16:00. Cash easier than card here.
Casa Julia in Barcelona's Born runs a 13 euro three-course Catalan menu del dia Mon-Sat lunch: bread, water, glass of red, dessert, all part of the price.
TryCatalan menu del dia
TipClosed Sunday. The Wednesday lunch is the cleanest catch; book for groups of four or more.
Casa Fernandez in Barcelona's Sant Antoni runs an open-late kitchen with main courses under 14 euros: steak frites, fried squid, every day until 01:00.
TryOpen-late Catalan kitchen
TipOpen every day until 01:00. The fried squid is the late-night order; cash and card.
Honest Greens in Barcelona's Eixample runs a 10 euro grain-and-protein bowl from a counter: order, sit anywhere, the daily salad-protein rotation runs weekly.
TrySalad bowl
TipOpen daily until 23:30. The protein bowl with the rotating daily salad is the value pick under 14 euros.
The Fish and Chips Shop in Barcelona's Eixample runs a takeaway window: beer-battered cod, chunky chips and mushy peas at 9 euros for a single portion.
TryCod and chips takeaway
TipOpen daily; the takeaway window is faster than dining-in. Cash and card both accepted.
Biocenter in Barcelona's Raval has run a vegetarian menu del dia since 1980: 16 euros for self-service salad bar then a daily-changing main course.
TryVegetarian menu del dia
TipOpen Mon-Sat lunch and dinner; the 16 euro lunch menu del dia runs 13:00-17:00. Vegan and celiac options noted daily.
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