Restaurant Vibes: What Makes a Place? | Beyond the Menu

🎙️ EP158 - There’s a difference between a place that looks cool and a place that feels right. One has soul, the other comes with a mood board and hashtags. The ones we love need no gimmicks, just good taste, hot planchas, cold anchovies, and the kind of energy that makes you think, “Damn… I wish I’d open this.”

🎧 Topics Covered in This Episode:

🌿 Cafe Botanic – Dirty chai, quiet gardens, plant-based cheese that fooled us

🍴 La Brillantina – Latin American fusion done right

🥪 Ultramarinos & Ultra Paninos – Plancha, garum splash, house bread & charcuterie

🐟 Rooftop Smokehouse – Smoked-butter anchovies worth the pilgrimage

🍞 Origo & Lot (Barcelona) – Pastry labs, cocoa dri ...