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If you're craving Thai cuisine, it's well worth making the trip out to Bangkok Cafe, which
serves up delectable papaya salad, steamed dumplings, crispy prawns, red curries and other
classics, with more spice than you'll find in most Catalan eateries. It's a small place with an
open kitchen, Formica tables and bustling crowds, but the excellent dishes for the decent
prices are unbeatable.
DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE
North of Avinguda Diagonal, the
pijos
(cashed-up mamma's boys and papa's
girls) are in charge. Whether you sample the bars around Carrer de Marià
Cubí (and surrounding streets) or try the clubs around Carrer d'Aribau or Ti-
bidabo, expect to be confronted by perma-tanned Audi- and 4WD-driving
folks in designer threads. What do you care? The eye candy more than com-
pensates for the snobbery.
Sant Gervasi
CAFE
CAFE TURÓ
This pleasant cafe on the edge of Turó Parc is reminiscent of a Parisian-style cafe, with
year-round seating on the footpath at the front - ideal for catching a bit of sun. There's a
good selection of bistro plates and tapas.
BAR
DŌ BAR
93 209 18 88;
www.do-bcn.com
; Carrer de Santaló 30;
7pm-1am Mon-
Sat; FGC Muntaner)
This neighbourhood charmer has a warm and inviting interior, where friends gather over tall
wooden tables to enjoy excellent gin and tonics, wines by the glass, craft beer and satisfying
small plates (anchovies, mussels, tacos, charcuterie). On warm nights, arrive early for one of
the terrace tables out the front.
BAR
MARCEL
93 209 89 48; Carrer de Santaló 42;
7am-1am Mon-Thu, to 2am Fri &
Sat, to 11pm Sun;
FGC Muntaner)
