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What’s The Restaurant? Cal Pep, in Barcelona’s El Born area.

What’s It All About, JG? It’s a seafood restaurant. Remarkable, I hear you cry. But yes, it is indeed remarkable. It’s been in business in the El Born region of Barcelona for over forty years, during which time it’s reputation has grown and grown until it’s reached it’s current level. That level being “extremely high”.

Now let’s be honest, seafood places aren’t exactly something Barcelona is hurting for – there’s about a bajillion of them. But with a city like Barcelona, the key is to get away from all the tourist traps that lurk around La Rambla and similar areas and find something that’s actually able to provide amazing food. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a “for locals only” place or whatever – something too many food writers try to put too much emphasis on in order to come across as “superior” and knowledgeable – it just needs to have good quality food that doesn’t fall into tourist levels of mediocrity.

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