BARcelona Restaurant Review:
It’s a bit tricky telling your boss you’re headed to a tapas bar at lunchtime in a buttoned-down business district. So, BARcelona emphasizes the conversational aspect of the Spanish small-plates experience. Bypass the Americanized lunch menu and the inevitable tortilla española in favor of paella, marinated anchovies and a downright seductive assortment of sausages; doing so, you’ll find that...
If a restaurant is serving traditional Spanish-style tapas, it lends credibility to be located in a neighborhood where people come in both early (after work) and late (often on dates). Most nights a boisterous crowd stops by for a couple…
If---and it's a big if---you catch BARcelona on a quiet night, it might be a pretty romantic spot for a date. It's small, dark and rustic, enough so that all but the most jaded lawyers at the nearby county courthouse might, just for a moment, forget they were in Missouri. But most nights a more boisterous crowd stops by for a couple of drinks and a few nibbles like shrimp in garlic sauce or...