Since it opened its doors in 1979, La Troballa has become one of the classic restaurants in Barcelona’s Gràcia district. Its kitchens serve dishes with Mediterranean roots, prepared using market-fresh produce. The classic and simple decoration retains a certain antique air.

Known for having two kinds of styles, one informal and another elegant with private areas, it is located close to the Hospital Clínico. This is the ideal place to enjoy a good meal based on cooking with good produce, which can be taken at the bar or at one of the half a dozen tables available.

The friendly Pizzería de Piero y Annarita is found in El Masnou port. The building is pleasant, and the newly decorated walls feature photos of Italian towns. The bar is the hull of a fishing boat and there is a large and welcoming covered terrace which can be used all year. They offer homemade pastas and thin-crust pizzas, and Mediterranean cuisine (fish, meat and salads). There is a lunchtime set menu.

Llavor dels Orígens is a place dedicated to Catalan gastronomy. A group of restaurants which seek to recover classic Catalan culinary traditions. Some of their dishes include: duck with Empordà pears; rack of lamb grilled with baked potato and tupí sauce; organic roast lamb with lemon, honey and rosemary; spinach with goat cheese coca.

The restaurant at Hotel Robert is specialised in dishes of traditional Catalan cuisine, such as duck with turnips or Anoia-stuffed onions. It is a building from the turn of the twentieth century, renovated in 1994 and retaining its traditional classical style. Its atmosphere is warm and inviting.

At Nova Atlàntida restaurant in Vilassar de Mar, the ingredients play the leading role. It offers seasonal market-fresh cuisine which includes carefully prepared fish, rice and meats.

Muffins is a restaurant that is modern in style and an offshoot of the Chicoa. It is a leader in Catalan cuisine in Barcelona and a specialist in salt cod.

La Noguera is located in Vallromanes, a town in the Vallès Oriental area which is near Maresme. The restaurant specialises in homemade Catalan cuisine. They make dishes with top quality market produce. Some of their star dishes are grilled snails and crayfish with beans. They also have a daily menu as well as served breakfasts.

Pins Mar restaurant is set in an exceptional environment right next to the sea on the seafront promenade in Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, with excellent views of the Mediterranean. They have been serving market-fresh, traditional, high-quality cuisine since 1995. The restaurant uses seasonal produce such as peas from Llavaneres, one of their specialities.