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Barcelona Map: La BombetaLa Bombeta Frommer's Highly Recommended

Cuisine Tapas
Hours Thurs-Tues 10am-midnight
Address
Maquinista 3
Location Barceloneta, Barceloneta
Transportation Metro: Barceloneta
Phone 93-319-94-45
Prices Tapas 4.50€-14€ ($5.60-$18)
Credit Cards MC, V

Frommer's Review

This place is a real slice of local life and one of the best tapas bars in the city. It looks like a slightly modernized version of a taverna, and its house specialty is bombas, deep-fried balls of fluffy mashed potato served with a spicy brava sauce. Other tapas include succulent mussels, either steamed or with a marinara sauce, giant grilled prawns, plates of paper-thin serrano ham, and small chunks of deep fried calamari called rabas. Needless to say, when washed down with a jug of their excellent in-house sangria, this is a highly satisfying meal-in-itself.

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