Rosa Negra

I went to a fantastic Mexican restaurant yesterday. Being from California and going to college in Arizona, one can imagine that I really enjoy good Mexican food. My roommates and I split a plate of nachos and I went on to order a grilled chicken quesadilla. I was joking with my friends that this meal better be good, because how hard is it to make a quesadilla, they are so simple, yet when the meal came out it really blew my expectations out of the water. To drink I ordered a caipirinha, a Brazilian cocktail my roommate has turned me onto since being in Spain. He has dated about four Brazilians, and is absolutely crazy about Brazil even though he is a white boy from New Jersey. The restaurant was close to our house, and CEA also. The atmosphere inside Rosa Negra was great, with very personable wait-staff and lots of locals, so I knew it was a good place to eat. We were seated upstairs which was great, since I could look down at the bar, and really enjoy the live mariachi band that was there that night. The pricing of our meal was reasonable and our total came to 60euro for all five of us, which after being in Barcelona for a month seems cheap. At one point of the dinner my roommate Josh started telling a story excitedly and raised his voice, and our waitress had to come over and tell him that he needed to be quiet or we would have to leave. It was only then that we noticed all the locals around us were quietly enjoying their meals and we were the only ones making a ruckus in restaurant. This astounded us all, as a situation like that would never occur in a restaurant in the United States. We talked it over and decided it would never happen back home because the waitress would be worried about messing up her tip. Since tipping is not a common occurrence in Spain, or most places in Europe, the waitress felt no hesitation in telling us to shut up or get out. Regardless of that humorous experience, the atmosphere and food was great and we will definitely be returning to the Rosa Negra.

Rosa Negra

Vía Laietana, 46