No. 3: Gran Foc – Restaurant and Jazz Club
What’s in a name? The people at Foc have played a little word game between English and Catalan, which is just oh so clever! Foc in Catalan is ‘fire’ and foc in English is….well, I’ll let you figure that one out.
The bar and restaurant started out along the port in Barceloneta and has since expanded with a more spacious and trendy location in the Eixample. Foc offers an international menu, live music and a Martini Bar where customers can order from a list of ‘focktails’. Here, traditionalists can get a hamburger or a sandwich while those wishing to try the local faire can order lamb, tuna or shrimp. I like the Foc salads, which are large and filling and not covered with mayonnaise like so many other ‘salads’ here are.
My recommendation? Check the Foc web to see who’s playing and head down for pica pica (appetizers) and a couple of ‘foctails’ (perhaps the classic cocktail; ‘foc on the beach’?) to start off your night.
Where: Roger de Lluria, 23 – 933 043 020
What: Music, cocktails, dinner and lunch
When: lunch and dinner
Price: €15 and up