Murivecci, Italian restaurant in Born district, Barcelona, Spain
Murivecci is an Italian restaurant in the Born district of Barcelona, specializing in dishes from southern Italy and using a wood-fired oven to bake its pizzas. The menu also covers pasta and other traditional plates from the Campania region.
The restaurant opened in 2004, bringing southern Italian cooking to the Born district at a time when the neighborhood was going through a period of change. It has stayed true to its original focus ever since, without adapting its recipes to local tastes.
The menu draws from southern Italian traditions, with recipes rooted in the Campania region where pizza and pasta have been made the same way for generations. Sitting at one of the tables, you can watch the pizzas being prepared in the wood-fired oven right in front of you.
Booking ahead is a good idea, especially on weekends, as the dining room fills up quickly and walk-ins may not find a table. The Born district is easy to reach on foot from the city center and well served by public transport.
The pizza dough goes through a fermentation process that lasts several days, which gives it a flavor and a texture that is quite different from a standard dough made the same day. This long fermentation method is common in Naples but rarely used in Barcelona.
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