Can Lluís

El Raval


Three generations have kept this spick-and-span old-time classic in business since 1929. Beneath olive-green beams in the back dining room you can see the spot where an anarchist’s bomb went off in 1946, killing the then owner. Can Lluís is still going strong, however, with excellent seafood, succulent meats, a good menú del dia (€12) and almost exclusively Catalan wines.


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