![]() ![]() They currently operate multiple Barcelona Wine Bar locations in Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington, D.C. In pleasant weather, the partially-covered outdoor patio buzzes with conversation, activity and the rhythms of the Avenue.Ĭonnecticut-based Barteca Restaurant Group is to thank for this new epicurean arrival. Modern art from the owner’s personal collection adorns the walls along with vintage books, canisters and an antique dress form, which all serve as a reminder of the history of the space while bringing it into the present. Upon entering, you experience the din of soft, upbeat tunes, clinking glasses and warming candlelight reflecting off salvaged wooden walls, polished concrete floors and wrought-iron shelving. ![]() 12th Street in the former 4,400-square-foot A Man’s Image location. The other thing is that they refer to Pa amb Tomàquet (under “Tapas,” although normally an appetizer or part of a small meal, which can be made into a “tapa,” but simply shouldn’t be called that-aside from being virtually an insult) in the invasive Castilian language as “Pan con Tomate”-where even its description is missing key elements for what is a central Catalan/Barcelona staple-eaten every day by perhaps most Catalans.Philly-The Spanish tapas mothership has landed.īarcelona Wine Bar opened its first Philadelphia location at the intersection of Passyunk and S. Dead giveaway that they deal in “tapas,” which are not authentic to anything on the East Mediterranean coast (where so-called “tapas bars” are only there for tourists who have no idea where they are): Catalonia, Valencia, or the Balearic Islands (all properly/native Catalan-speaking countries). Truth be told: “Spanish” is as vague as “British,” and doesn’t apply to the de facto nations that the banana monarchy of “Spain” holds/occupies at sufferance, like Catalonia, whose capital is Barcelona. should: they pretend it’s “Spanish,” when the real Barcelona is not “Spanish,” but Catalan. Owners of the so-called “Barcelona” Wine Bar apparently know nothing or are intentionally hiding (longer story on why some would want to do this: hegemonic-representing Madrid/loyalists, not real Barceloní) key things about Barcelona and/or it’s culinary culture, and don’t come close to tapping what they. But this cheap American knock off left nothing this time but a bad taste in my mouth. We have dined in the actual Barcelona and I’m all for a relaxed Spanish meal. The chef and the management should be ashamed of such poor service…which could easily have been made up for with a little honesty and hospitality. At one point we were told they just needed “7 more minutes to crisp the bottoms” which arrived over 20 minutes later with none of that authentic flair. All we kept getting was pressure to buy more wine or tapas while we waited. And worst of all with no acknowledgement of how unacceptable this endless wait was (on a Monday night!). and we ordered enough to fill the 45 min we were told it would take for our homemade paella to arrive.Īlmost 2 hours later it finally did arrive, lukewarm and overcooked. So we decided to come back this trip to treat our daughter and some friends who live here. We had visited this chain on a trip to Denver 6 months ago and enjoyed the food and garden.
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