Since yesterday and until Sunday, Plaza Catalunya hosts the 12th edition of the Mercat de Mercats. It is the first time that the fair is held in this location - the last two years it was the Plaça de Les Glòries that hosted the meeting - and it has done so to highlight the prominent role of the markets from the center of the city. local in the promotion of fresh and local products, as well as in the creation of a space for meeting and transmitting gastronomic culture with the help of its merchants.
The meeting will feature some of the best-known faces in the territory such as Oriol Castro, from Fácilr; Sergio and Javier Torres, from Cocina Hermanos Torres; Raül Balam, from Moments; Francesc Beltri and Nicolás de la Vega, from Slow
One more year, the quality product will once again be the protagonist of the fair. And those who master the knowledge around this, the merchants, will be in charge of advising visitors on healthy eating and showing them the gastronomy of the territory. You can buy food of all kinds and, for those who can't wait to get home, there will be barbecues where you can prepare the meat, fish or vegetables you have purchased. Different restaurants in the city will also offer a tapa for 3 euros and another for 5.
The fair is an initiative promoted by the Barcelona Municipal Markets Institute in collaboration with the Barcelona Municipal Markets Federation.
