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€9.80; Mon-Sat Sep-Jul; Sant Antoni)
Three generations have kept this spick and span old-time classic in business since 1929.
Beneath the olive-green beams in the back dining room you can see the spot where an an-
archist's bomb went off in 1946, killing the then owner. Expect fresh fish and seafood. The
llenguado
(sole) is oven cooked with whisky and raisins.
CATALAN
CASA LEOPOLDO
€19-28; 1.30-3.30pm & 8.30-11pm Tue-Sat, 1.30-3.30pm Sun; Liceu)
Hidden down what was a slummy sidestreet of El Raval, Casa Leopoldo has been around
for decades and was famously writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán's favourite restaurant.
Several bright dining areas in this 1929 classic have magnificent tiled walls and exposed
beam ceilings. The mostly seafood menu is extensive and there are various fixed-price
menus.
DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE
Bars and clubs have been opening up along the shadowy sidestreets of the
Raval for the last two decades, and despite its vestigial edginess, this is now
a great place to go out. You'll find super-trendy places alongside some great
old taverns that still thrive - there are joints that have been the hang-outs of
the city's bohemia since Picasso's times. The lower end of El Raval has a
long history of insalubriousness and the area around Carrer de Sant Pau re-
tains its seedy feel: drug dealers, pickpockets and prostitutes mingle with the
streams of nocturnal hedonists. Keep your wits about you if walking around
here late at night.
BAR
LA CONFITERÍA
7.30pm-3am Mon-Thu, 1pm-3am Fri-Sun;
Paral·lel)
This is a trip into the 19th century. Until the 1980s it was a confectioner's shop, and al-
though the original cabinets are now lined with booze, the look of the place has barely
changed in its conversion into a laid-back bar. A quiet enough spot for a house
vermut
(€3;
