Fonda Gaig

200 Calle Corsega

Barcelona , Spain http://www.fondagaig.com/index_eng.html

34 93 453-2020

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.

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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
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From the From the May 2008 Food & Wine Go List

Brazilian barbecue is notorious for its all-you-can-eat <em>rodízio</em> presentation—place a green token on the table, and the waiters will keep bringing food. The servers rushing by with giant skewers at this São Paulo classic (with several branches throughout Brazil and the U.S.) might scare <em>rodízio</em> first-timers, but the 15 cuts of top-quality meat (mostly beef, with some pork and chicken options) are reasons to keep coming back.

We loved: Rump steak, pork ribs, chicken hearts.

Last updated Tue Feb 21 23:33:25 UTC 2012