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Seafood, rice dishes and high-quality tapas for all in a restaurant with minimalist nautical décor composed of three rooms that will make you feel like you have been transported to coastal destinations –Cadaqués, L'Escala and Palamós– and a highly sought-after courtyard in a property dating back to 1908 and located opposite what used to be the Horta stream. The menu includes sharing dishes such as a seafood platter for two and acorn-fed ham, specialities such as soupy rice with blue crab from the Delta and fisherman's stew, meat from Girona and chocolate ‘rocks’ as the sweet finishing touch. On weekdays, it has a set lunch menu and an 'express’ quick meal option. The couple who own it are market folk (their families have been running fish and fruit stalls at the Mercat de Montserrat market for generations), so its cuisine is straight from the market: fresh, seasonal and at good prices. In 2017, after years of serving restaurant industry customers from behind the counter, María José Millán and Arturo Garzón decided to open their own restaurant, which was followed a year and a half ago by a second one in Sant Andreu: La Terrassa de Mercadal (Plaça del Mercadal, 41). As for sustainability, when preparing food, El Racó del Peix makes the most of the venue's natural ventilation resulting from its position between two streets, and the owners are thinking of installing solar panels.