Bar del Pla

Tapas on the corner of the Born

Bar del Pla is at the start of Carrer de Montcada, on the corner with Princesa, a step from the Museu Picasso and Santa Maria del Mar. It is a neighbourhood tapas bar with a vaulted dining room, and its appeal is that the kitchen does not close: it opens at midday and serves non-stop until night. If you come out of a visit in the Born at five in the afternoon hungry, here you can eat.

The menu mixes classic tapas and Catalan spoon dishes: Russian salad, bravas at €5.50, croquettes at €3 each, tripe at €11, rustido cannelloni at €14, seasonal rice at €25. There are daily suggestions that change and desserts are €6.50, crema catalana included. The wine list leans towards natural and organic wines, Catalan and French.

When to find a table

It is open Monday to Thursday from 12:00 to 23:00, and Friday and Saturday until 24:00; on the eve of public holidays it also stays open until midnight. Its website does not publish Sunday hours: if you go that day, call beforehand on 932 683 003. It warns that it does not accept reservations by email. Because the kitchen does not stop, you can eat at four or dine at eight without keeping to a dining-room timetable.

From Jaume I or on foot from La Boqueria

The nearest metro is Jaume I, on L4, about three minutes along Carrer de la Princesa. From La Boqueria you walk there in a quarter of an hour along Carrer de Ferran and Plaça de Sant Jaume.