Airedaleamiga

Although I'm used to saying "tapas", I think they are called pinchos in Barcelona. Does anyone have a place that is really good for pinchos and wines? We are staying in the Passeig de Gracia area. Also, I can't remember the area near there that has a fabulous plaza with café tables all around it.
Thank you for your help

sandralist

Actually tapas and pintxos are two different things, and tapas is more common in Barcelona, although there are plenty of places that serve pintxos.

http://www.chowhound.com/post/barcel...-709455?page=1

http://www.chowhound.com/post/tapas-...1025414?page=1

Cowboy1968

The fabulous plaza with café tables all around it could have been Pl. Reial - off Rambles, in between Liceu and Drassanes metro stations - but not THAT close to Pg. de Gracia.

Bedar

Perhaps the OP is thinking about, yum, pinchos morunos which you can find all over Spain.

RM67

La Tasqueta De Blai does excellent pintxos at a euro apiece. Nearest metro is Paralell

clarkgriswold

Try La Terreta, or Sol Soler.

I think you mean Plaza del Sol.

Cowboy1968

Another vote for Tasqueta de Blai.. we stayed around the corner last month and got our daily dose of pintxos there.

kimhe

Recommend to primarily go for tapas in Barcelona. Pintxos is a Basque thing, but since the Basque Country has been the culinary heartland of Spain for some decades now, pintxos are served almost all over the country, at least in the big cities. And in Barcelona there are dozens of pintxos places, although most of them are quite touristy and of much poorer quality than the fabulous pintxos bars all over the Basque Country. There are nevertheless also some fine pintxos bars in Barcelona.
http://www.timeout.com/barcelona/foo...s-in-barcelona

Maitea has been mentioned above, so has Tasqueta de Blai in the very local atmosphere Poble Sec district.

I've recently had very decent pintxos in two places in the vibrant and medieval El Born district, in the Basque Cultural Center Euskal Etxea and in Txakolin (the best I've found in Barcelona).
Euskal Etxea: http://www.euskaletxeataberna.com/co...etxea/?l=en_en
Txakolin: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restauran...Catalonia.html

Recommend to have a dry, slightly sparkling and very characteristic Basque Txakoli wine to go with your pintxos: http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/0...ards-wine.html

And you'll also find some of the best tapas bars in town in El Born, close to both Euskal Etxea and Txakolin.
Tapeo was our great food find on the last trip here in March: http://www.tapeoborn.cat/
In Cal Pep you still have to get in line some 15 minutes before opening to get a seat at the bar where all the fun goes on right in front of your eyes. Expensive and fantastic seafood tapas: http://www.calpep.com/Ingles/index_ing.html
And Barcelona classic El Xampanyet is just across the narrow street from El Tapeo: http://www.timeout.com/barcelona/res...s/el-xampanyet

Both Tapeo, El Xampanyet and Euskal Etxea are within twenty meters in narrow Carrer Montcada, the most important street in town from the 12th century: http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/wv3/...-montcada.html

And for a great and laid-back tapas tour with the locals, I recommend to go from from bar to bar in Poble Sec: http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/wv3/...to-bodega.html

southeuropetravel1

Kimhe has some great suggestions

Also try:

Cerveceria Catalana located between Mallorca and Rambla

Vinitus on Consell de Cent and Rambla

Cuidad Condal on Gran Via and Rambla

Best

Laura

Cowboy1968

Not trying to be smart a$$, but just for people who are not familiar with Barcelona:
The Rambla which southeuropetravel1 mentioned above is the Rambla de Catalunya - not the more famous or infamous Ramblas which go from Pl. Catalunya to the Old Harbor.

danon

You are only being helpful, Cowboy
Ramblas and Rambla de Catalunya are VERY different streets.