Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar is an award-winning Spanish tapas restaurant group located throughout Connecticut from the greater New York region to West Hartford and New Haven. Barcelona was begun in 1995 by Sasa Mahr-Batuz, based on his memories of years of living in Spain and Portugal, and Andy Pforzheimer, based on his 20 years as a chef at world-famous restaurants in France, California and New York.

Barcelona is listed in Zagat’s “America’s Top Restaurants,” and regularly wins in the Appetizers and Wine categories in Connecticut Magazine’s annual “Best Of” competition. The wine list, now run by a full time Wine Director, is a Wine Spectator Award winner, and features 40 different wines by the glass and vintage rarities like Vega Sicilia and Janus.

The original Barcelona, located in South Norwalk, has grown from a tiny tapas bar seating 30 to a 140-seat restaurant with two sophisticated, beautiful dining rooms and an outdoor patio. The original 40-foot-long, hand-carved walnut bar is still there, as are the young and young-at-heart who populate South Norwalk in the evenings. SoNo Barcelona showcases the old brick and raw steel of the former factory building it inhabits. It’s a touch of SoHo in SoNo, with the food and flavors of the Ramblas.

Winner of “Best Spanish Restaurant,” “Best Wine List in a Restaurant” and “Best Club DJ” according to the 2007 Fairfield County Weekly Best of Reader’s Poll.

Winner of the 2007 Best of the Gold Coast Connecticut Reader’s Pick for “Best Spanish Restaurant”