Located at 450 North Patterson Ave. in Downtown Winston-Salem (with an additional location in Mooresville), The Barcelona Burger & Beer Garden offers burgers, sandwiches, salads, beer, and more. It is open from 11-8:30 daily (but closes between lunch and dinner on weekdays). Outdoor seating and online ordering are available.
Situated
across from Bailey Park, The Barcelona couldn’t ask for a better location. It
offers a fantastic patio and a tantalizing dessert case inside. True to its
name, it also has a variety of brews on tap. The burger selection is far more
limited, but rotisserie chicken, hot dogs, and salads present a few more
options. While there’s something to be said for fidelity of concept, a deep and
varied menu this is not.
The
Barcelona is an order-at-the-counter establishment, and menus are located by
the register, a setup conducive to crowding and potential chaos. To their
credit, cashiers and staff are quick and adept at keeping up with the volume.
That same haste extends to the kitchen as we didn’t have long to wait for our
food.
For our
first visit, my wife and I opted to share a Madrid burger (American cheese,
caramelized onion, roasted tomato, and spicy pepper sauce) with truffle fries
as our side and a blue salad (spring mix, blueberries, bleu cheese, candied
pecans, and apricot dressing). The burgers here are smash-style: nicely crisped
with a bun that holds everything in place. However, in addition to the Madrid
being more “done” that I usually opt for, the toppings outshone the meat. The
fries were definitely made fresh and were tasty though almost overdressed. The
salad, while nothing spectacular, was refreshing.
The Barcelona
isn’t overpriced per se, but it isn’t a good value, either. Burgers run in the
$12-15 range with a choice of side while our salad sans protein was about the
same.
All told,
The Barcelona offers solid food in a comfortable, casual atmosphere, but if it
were located anywhere else, you wouldn’t miss much by passing it by.
