Blavis is a tiny 14-seat restaurant in the neighborhood of Gracia. For anyone who has walked up to Park Guell, you’ve passed through this area. Narrow streets, plazas with sidewalk cafes, and lots of hidden hipster bars and restaurants. Blavis is owned by chef Marc Casademunt and Sònia Devesa. They know their trade. The food is beautifully prepared. For lunch, they serve a prix fixe menu for 12 euros, which includes an two appetizers, a main and dessert.

The menu changes daily, but here is a sample of their specials: for appetizers, tomaquets de vinya amb cabrino i oli d'alfa brega (vine ripped succulent tomatoes topped with soft goat cheese and drizzled with basil oil); crema de carbassa (cold zucchini cream soup with thin strips of jamon delicately laid on top); and verduretes salte sades all i julivert (roasted root vegetables seasoned with just the right amount of sea salt, fresh, flavorful and al dente). For the main course; ivoquis a la piassola, saquets de pernil amb salsa de rossiyols (puffy pillows of gnocci, filled with red pepper in a rich and creamy mushroom sauce), and bonita a la planxa amb piquillos (grilled tuna with crispy skin, sea salt on top and cooled with an olive tapanade, on a bed of piquillo peppers). For dessert, a spin on a traditional Catalan flan, flan de formatge, fluffy and light made with cheese, and a citrusy and custardy bread pudding.

The restaurant has only been open for one year. At this point, there is no website. Actually, they don’t even have an email address. And while they may be off the technological grid, their cuisine is definitely plugged in.

Susana Casamonis of

Tapac 24

Friends of hers, the chef / owner used to work at La Vinateria Del Call.

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