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FastvínicCAFE
Diputació 251; sandwiches €4.25-12; icon-hoursgif
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noon-midnight Mon-Sat; icon-metrogif
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Passeig de Gracia)icon-sustainable
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A project in sustainability all round, this is Slow Food done fast, with ingredients, wine and
building materials all sourced from Catalonia. Designed by Alfons Tost, there are air-purify-
ing plants, energy-efficient LED lighting, and a water and food recycling system.
It's all sandwiches on the menu, with some wonderful choices of roast beef, mustard and
honey,ormoreadventurouscrunchysucklingpig,bananachutneyandcoriander;thereisalso
aself-servicewinemachinewithqualitySpanishchoices.Theinteriorissleekandcalm,with
classicalmusicaccompanyingyourfood.Therearelargetablesforgroupsandsmallerniches
for quieter affairs - a word of warning: don't sit at the table right between the sliding door
and the food recycling machine or you'll be subjected to hot/cold draughts and food blitzing.
EscribàDESSERTS
Corts Catalanes 546; pastries from €2; icon-hoursgif
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8.30am-3pm & 5-9.30pm Mon-Fri,
8.30am-8.30pm Sat & Sun; icon-metrogif
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Urgell)
Antoni Escribà carries forward a family tradition (since 1906) of melting
barcelonins'
hearts
with remarkable pastries and criminal chocolate creations. Try the Easter
bunyols de xocol-
ata
(little round pastry balls filled with chocolate cream). Escribà has another branch in a
ModernistasettingatLaRambladeSantJosep83(
www.escriba.es
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83; icon-hoursgif
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8.30am-9pm; icon-metrogif
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Liceu).
Cremeria ToscanaGELATERIA
Muntaner 161; ice cream from €2.80; icon-hoursgif
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1pm-midnight Tue-Sun; icon-metrogif
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Hospital Clínic)
Yes,youcanstumbleacrossquitereasonableicecreaminBarcelona,butcloseyoureyesand
imagine yourself across the Mediterranean with the real ice-cream wizards. Creamy
stracci-
