We know that it is a tradition of ours, eating churros with chocolates is one of our gastronomic pleasures and is part of our identity.
However, its original recipe comes from 12th century China. The youtiao, the original churro, was a traditional breakfast wrapped in salt and eaten with soy milk or hot sauce and rice. We decided to adapt it by changing the salt for sugar and dipping it in chocolate.
November 11 is the International Churro Day, so we bring you the best churro shops in Barcelona, so you can have it any day or any time.
Churrería Manuel San Román
It is an emblem of Barcelona that survives since 1968 and a guarantee of indisputable quality. They have from the classic churros with sugar to chocolate churros. In addition, there are not only lazo type or stuffed, but also has porras, pestiños, cod fritters or potatoes. Make a note of this essential place, whether to eat sweet or savory.
Thanks to a video of a famous K-Pop singer, this small churrería in the Gothic Quarter is causing a furor among Korean tourists in the city and dozens of people visit it every day to try this wonderful sweet.
📍 Banys Nous, 8
Comaxurros
The modern version of a churrería. Very chic, very cute, very fashionable. They believe that the churro recipe, although it has to be traditional, can always go higher. They have everything, filled with cream, strawberry, chocolate, cream? But also savory! With sobrasada, ham, honey and cheese and even a version of “churros bravos”.
📍Muntaner, 562
Granja & Chocolatería La Nena
This place could be recommended to anyone of any age, mood and appetite. The chairs are colorful and there are games for the kids, but there is also tranquility for a good chat or a good book with a coffee, some sweets or some churros. And, besides, they are one of the best in Barcelona and very well known in Gracia.
📍 Carrer de Ramón y Cajal, 36
Churrería Trébol
Their offer is very original, as they offer churros filled with frankfurt. However, this is a very classic and authentic place, the one you look for when you put “churrería” on the internet and you are happy to find it. And what does a real churrería have to have? A real churrería has to make you want to eat churros at any time, and the more inopportune, in fact, the better. That’s why Churrería Trébol is open 24 hours a day on Saturdays.
📍 Córsega, 341
Churrería J.Alpuente
This is, no more and no less, the most viral churrería in Barcelona. Its owner, Juan Alpuente, has been in the churro business since 1992 and broadcasts his work from his Instagram and TikTok accounts, where he has half a million followers from all over the planet. The churrería is, however, a family business present in the city since 1963.
Through his networks Juan is showing the day to day of his work, how he cooks his pastry creations and always leaving room for humor. In short, if you like churros this is a must stop, but not only for its virality in networks, but also for the quality of its products, among which the owner highlights his favorite: “the xuxo”.
📍 Carrer de Padilla, 161
La Pallaresa Farm
That place where you end up with your grandfather or your mother snacking on churros with chocolate at Christmas or when the cold starts to arrive. Although we would not like to limit ourselves to only one time of the year, because, really, their chocolate is one of the best in the city.
This Granja is in Petritxol street, also known as the chocolate street, and having a snack of churros there is a Barcelona classic.
📍 Petritxol, 11
Viader Farm
Cacaolat was invented in the early 20th century in this traditional farmhouse . Although the place has been open since 1870, its products and services are still unique and recognized, inside and outside Barcelona.
Depending on when you go, it can be difficult to find a place, so we recommend you to avoid weekends if you can and go on a Wednesday afternoon. They have everything and everything is good: not only churros and chocolate, but they also serve their classic Cacaolat in a glass with cream on top.
📍 Xuclà, 4
Dulcinea Farm
If this is your first time at Dulcinea, you will not only find one of the best places to have a snack in Barcelona, but you will also find a beautiful place. Everything is handmade and made on the spot. Whether you like sweets or not, you will fall in love with this place.
This farm has been in the Gothic Quarter since 1941. It seems that the years have not passed neither for the walls, nor for the floor, nor for the recipes, which are still the same as always, those that are good because they stand the test of time. Another jewel in Petritxol street.
📍 Petritxol, 2
Churrería J. Argilés
This iconic churrería, open since 1958, is in front of the Marina metro stop, close to Razzmatazz and other mythical bars and bars of Barcelona’s nightlife. Its churros with chocolate have become a classic breakfast when you come back from a party, as it is open 24 hours a day on weekends. And if you feel more salty than sweet, you can eat the salsichurro, a churro filled with frankfurt .
📍 Marina, 107
Xurreria Laietana
The invisible churrería. In a large avenue a churrería resists providing excellent churros and porras to the Borne. A tiny place that goes unnoticed among the noise of Laietana and that, for these things, is famous in Korea, where they have a craze for churros. A recommendable stop in the bustle of the center.
📍Via Laietana, 46, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona
Neighborhood Churrerías
In the end, the best churros are those that you take one afternoon at a fair, at a neighborhood party or in a metal booth of a lifetime. Because churros are part of our tradition and, although it is typical to take them for breakfast or snack, they also accompany us in moments of celebration in the street, dipping the chocolate while we stand and staining our face.
So beyond these churrería, our recommendation is that when you see a stop with churros you go and buy some. Because the best thing about churros, sometimes, is the company.
📍 Several locations