BARCA Pier & Wine Bar
Mediterranean restaurant · Waterfront ·
Mediterranean tapas & wine with riverfront outdoor dining
Mediterranean tapas & wine with riverfront outdoor dining
"You can pretend it’s always summer at Barca Pier & Wine Bar, thanks to the restaurant’s waterfront location that hovers directly over the Potomac and its seafood-centered menu. Barca could lean into its locale and go full-on mid-Atlantic with its menu, but the dishes are rooted in Catalonian and Mediterranean cuisine, and we love them for that. This is our go-to for a mid-afternoon meal of tapas and Spanish sparkling wine—get the patatas bravas, seared scallops, and Catalan-style mussels." - madeline weinfield, mekita rivas
"This waterfront Old Town bar is a fun, convivial spot for lots of tapas, Spanish wine, and stone fruit sangrias. Situated atop a floating dock on the Potomac, Barca takes notes from the Catalonia region on the Mediterranean coast of Spain and its beach bars known as chiringuitos. Opt for Catalan-style mussels, pan con tomate, and octopus salad jazzed up with Basque peppers. Weekday happy hour (4:30-6:30 p.m.) features food and drink for $7 or less." - Tierney Plumb
"Inspired by beach bars (chiringuitos) along Spain’s Mediterranean coastline, Old Town’s scenic drinking perch makes use of retrofitted industrial freight containers floating atop the Potomac River. A marble bar splashed with oceanic and aquamarine tones is the spot to sip wines by the bottle and glass, with $7 pours during its weekday wine happy hour (4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.). The ambitious, pandemic-born project comes from Alexandria Restaurant Partners (Mia’s Italian Kitchen, the Majestic, and Vola’s Dockside Grill)." - Emily Venezky
"You can pretend it’s always summer at BARCA Pier & Wine Bar, thanks to the restaurant’s waterfront location that hovers directly over the Potomac and its seafood-centered menu. BARCA could lean into its locale and go full-on mid-Atlantic with its menu, but the dishes are rooted in Catalonian and Mediterranean cuisine, and we love them for that. This is our go-to for a mid-afternoon meal of tapas and Spanish sparkling wine—get the patatas bravas, seared scallops, and Catalan-style mussels." - Madeline Weinfield
"Situated on the Potomac, BARCA Pier is inviting guests to enjoy two festive specials in addition to its a la carte menu on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Featured specials include lamb chops, and pan con persimmons y jamón — salted persimmons and jamón iberico. BARCA will open on Christmas Eve from 12:30 to 11 p.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Christmas Day." - Vinciane Ngomsi