This place may not be much to look at BUT the food is excellent. I was on a soccer trip with my…read moredaughters soccer team and we found this gem while exploring Barcelona. I had the paella and a beef empanada. Both of which were very authentic. Brush up on your Spanish if you go.

All I shall say is, do not wonder about Barcelona this hungry that you have to settle with what's…read morein front of your face. We were hungry.. and tired of walking, so following some good tourist advise we stopped at the first spot that looked loud and busy... L'Avia was lucky we were that hungry that night... eats:] they have a variety of fixed menu's, some with empenadas, others with paellea, pasta, salads... etc. Super easy to get an assortment of foods with a drink and dessert included. I settled with a pasta/salad combo that was nothing better then soup from a can with pasta worked into it... I see that all the food is pre-made; the pizza's, the emp's, the Paella -all waiting to be reheated... nothing really fresh... I suppose if you are drunk enough it all goes in the same:p Overall:] I loved the workers, I had a lot of fun watching the two guys run the entire show: one loud boisterous hustling people in and tossing pieces of pizza, and pasta into the oven, while the other dude of smaller build quickly ran table to table taking orders -both so amusing and friendly. I even had a language barrier with my lack of spanish and his facial expressions gave me a good laugh.