EAT & DRINK

Originally published on Monday, 13 October 2008

Chained Up

Like the waft of saturated fats coming out of every KFC, most restaurant chains usually have some distinguishing feature common to all its establishments. We should know. In this fair city of chains.

You can spot the Grupo Tragaluz (Tragaluz, Bestial, Moo) by the Wallpaper*ish design; Andilana (La Fonda, Flamant, Basilico) by the identical wallet-friendly menu (and the occasional unthawed dish); and Yamashita (Yamadori, Yashima, Teppan) by, erm, the Japanese nosh.

So what to expect from Piscolabis? It’s the latest offspring of AN Grup, that seems to run every other restaurant around Passeig de Gracia, including QuQu, Mussol, Tapa Tapa, Txapela, and La Botiga next-door, and, unsurprisingly, it’s huge and offers quality tapas at affordable prices.

But unlike its siblings, it’s benefited from the eye of interior designer Lázaro Rosa-Violán (Pulitzer) and, as an innovative touch, the tapas are prepared in open view like we’ve become used to at sushi places. Go see for yourself. Or wait for one to open closer to home (a second is already in works on Diagonal).

Piscolabis, Rambla Cataluña 27 - 93 306 96 68 - now open
Mon-Fri 07:45-01:30h, Sat 08:45-02h, Sun 10:45-01h

By AAl

 

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