Welcome to Casa Paloma, a restaurant "for purebred carnivores". The slogan is strong; a total statement of intent. Located at the crossroads of Carrer Casanova and Avinguda Diagonal, very close to the well-known Plaça Francesc Macià, Casa Paloma is famous in the upper area of Barcelona for its good treatment of meat. It offers all kinds of products: Angus meat (originally from Ireland and implanted since 1920 in Argentinean pastures), Friesian meat (a breed originating from central Europe), Galician blonde (a breed native to Galicia), beef (long-lived animals, males, young castrated animals) and Wagyu meat (a millenary and cult breed whose meaning is "Japanese cattle"). But Casa Paloma's skill in cooking goes far beyond the raw material: the cuts (sirloin, high loin, low loin, mince, chop and marrow are the variants) and the tartars (cutting the fillet with a knife, seasoning with salt and pepper, seasoning with just the right amount of accompaniment and letting the customer try it to suit his taste for spice or seasoning) are what make this restaurant in the Eixample a place of worship for - as they themselves warned - the "breed carnivores" of Barcelona.