You guys are funny - in Barcelona each tapas place is VERY different than the next one. Some specializing in certain fish dishes, others in meats, etc. The best (ie. most expensive) serve whatever got hauled up on the dock that day. Casa Barcelona is, as noted, quite Canadianized and not the same as anything you'll get overseas (try explaining the difference between Spain and Catalan to a Canadian!). Hell, last time I was there my server was polish. That said, it was good (but not great) and, as noted, quite expensive.

Toronto is still waiting for great tapas.

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Since visiting Barcelona last year hubby & I have been dying to try tapas in TO. Went to Casa Barcelona last night and it was nothing like the tapas we had in Barcelona. The food was good, although not as great as I thought it would be. The thing I didn't like was ordering on a piece of paper only to have all of the dishes come out so quickly that we were finished our meal in less than a half hour. In Barcelona you wrote out your order but then they only brought out two at a time and gave you time to breath for a couple of minutes before astounding you with new tapas. We had 7 tapas and 1 ltr of Sangria and we were $92.00 before tip. In and out of the restaurant in less than one hour. Not the relaxing evening I had invisioned!

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