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Fonda Gaig

<p>This new brasserie from Barcelona's hautest chef, Carles Gaig, is perfection, from the sprawling room that's both cozy and cool to the nuevo catalán menu. Open since 2007, Fonda has already achieved a cult status. Even at lunch on a Monday everyone's here: patrician businessmen in beige blazers, svelte Marni wearers—all talking recession blues over crisp golden bacalao fritters. Gaig's traditional pastas are legendary: slender cannelloni with a decadent multimeat filling, and macarones del cardenal, silky pasta tubes cloaked in a divine sauce of cream and onion sofrito under gratinéed Parmesan.</p>

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From Food & Wine , MAY 2009

Carles Gaig is one of Barcelona's most beloved food personalities, but his Michelin-starred flagship, Gaig, was pricey. So he opened this big, affordable brasserie...MORE>>

– Anya von Bremzen Barcelona

From Travel + Leisure , DEC 2008

Those of you put off by the cost of eating in Europe, fear no more: after spending more days on the Continent than I did at home last year, I can assure you that...MORE>>

– Anya von Bremzen 37 Affordable European Restaurants

Last updated May 2009