"Even a residential area like Poble Nou needs a wine bar. Masa Vins has one of Barcelona’s longest natural wine lists, with pages of choices from all over Europe available by the glass and bottle. As for the food menu, it has enough vegetable and healthy options to please the local yoga set, but without being boring. The kimchi grilled cheese is so pungent and oozy that you’ll smell it before you see it, and the coconut water jelly, fresh berries, and whipped cream dessert is sexy enough to smother yourself in. The pared-back retro space has a vinyl record player if you want to spin a tune—but you’ll probably be too busy making friends with the people at the next table over a bottle of cloudy Austrian pét-nat." - isabelle kliger