Barcelona - Gracia eats and birthday treats??!

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How about this Barcelona thread for ideas:

Spain Report (long)

My family and I just spent two weeks in Spain: Barcelona and several locations in Andalucia. As I try to avoid a rambling discussion about the wonders of the nation at large, a summary of findings is below. Travelling with friends and several kids, we did not attempt haute cuisine/molecular/prix fixe joints and stuck to bars and traditional or specialized places. Excellent: La Tasqueta de Blai (BCN): Wildly inventive and popular pintxos joint, with constantly revolving platters of wonderful bi…