The Top 7 Places to Eat Near Mugaritz
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Rank 2. ELKANO
Basque Seafood
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Rank 3. Laia Erretegia Jatetxea
Basque Steakhouse
A Basque steakhouse near the Atlantic coast that lands at No. 3 on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, and earns it without any of the usual swagger. The room is calm and focused, the kind of place where regulars trust the beef completely and let the sommelier do the talking. Dry-aged chuleta over a live parrilla is the whole point here, and it's executed with the sort of quiet confidence that makes everything feel inevitable.
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Rank 4. Casa Julián
Parrilla Spanish
Casa Julián is a legendary steakhouse in the Basque town of Tolosa, and it's on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list for good reason. The txuletón, a thick bone-in ribeye grilled over oak coals, is the whole point, and the kitchen's philosophy is essentially: great meat, salt, fire, done. The room is plain, the wine list is short, and the regulars look like they've never once considered ordering anything else.
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Rank 5. Casa Nicolás de Tolosa
Basque Steakhouse
A proper Basque asador in the hills outside San Sebastián, and one of the better reasons to rent a car. The whole operation revolves around a single idea: open fire and a serious bone-in chuleta, dry-aged and cooked with the kind of unhurried confidence that makes flashy steakhouses feel embarrassing. Stone walls, exposed beams, locals who look like they've been coming here forever. Order the steak, pick a Rioja, and don't overthink it.
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Rank 6. Asador Etxebarri
Basque Spanish
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