Bilbao

Kongsgate 41 Cuisines: Spanish

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One of our favorite restaurants in Stavanger occupies a white clapboard-sided house, originally built in 1860, set directly beside the Breavent (the small pond that's a focal point for Stavanger's town center). The earthier and less formal of the two dining venues is the basement-level bodega, outfitted with ceramic tiles and thick plaster-sheathed walls. More formal and stylish is the gourmet restaurant upstairs, where a collection of avant-garde art and a sweeping view over the pond add to the dining allure. Food in the bodega includes bacalao (Iberian-style cod), paella prepared for one or more diners at a time, fish soup, paper-thin slices of Serrano ham, and a highly appealing array of tapas. Upstairs, a roster of more elaborate dishes features cream of shellfish soup with crabmeat-stuffed ravioli; filet of halibut in orange sauce; or scallops with red beets.

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