Evanston｜Food near Northwestern｜Spanish Restaurant 🐚

📅 Today we tried one of the Top 10 restaurants in Evanston, and one of the only two non-American spots on the list — a Spanish restaurant. Honestly, the menu was kinda hard to read!! 😅 🐙 Grilled Octopus – Tangy and salty, not particularly fresh or impressive. 🍛 Paella Catalana – Spanish seafood rice, lightly seasoned and quite authentic! Seafood was fresh and varied, and the portion was huge — two of us were stuffed just from the rice 🥘✨. 🥂🍹 Drinks were the highlight! We ordered blindly and didn’t regret it — all were fruity but not overly sweet. Barcelona Sangria – Fruity Sauvignon Blanc, $6.5 Alcoress – Pineapple-infused rum, $9.5 🍍🍹 Overall: Highly recommend their drinks (they have a full three pages of options!) and the seafood paella is solid too. 🍴 Tapas Barcelona 📍 1615 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201 #USA #StudyInTheUS #Chicago #NorthwesternUniversity #EvanstonLife #SpanishFood