For Starters Well, really, you never have to get past the starters. This Spanish tapas restaurant offers a number of tasty small plates such as tortilla Espanola (traditional Spanish potato and onion frittata), pescado ahumado (assortment of smoked seafood and caviar), almejas en salsa verde (clams sauteed with white wine and parsley) and pinchitos morunos (char-grilled skewers of seasoned chicken and steak).
Beyond Beginnings If you are looking for big plates, try the pollo chilindron. This traditional tomato-based chicken stew is baked in its own earthenware casserole with artichokes, mushrooms, potatoes, peppers, onions and chorizo. Also worth ordering is the black angus New York steak, served grilled and topped with piquillo peppers.
The Scene When it's dark outside, and you can't see the Lexus sedans passing by on Santa Clara, it's not difficult to imagine the warm romance of Barcelona. Well, OK, it's slightly difficult.