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Terrace, Cafè-Bar L'Antiquari
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Ice cream, Cafè d'Estiu
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Cafè-Bar del Pi
Cafés & Light Eats
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Cafè d'Estiu
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Café Bliss
Tucked away on the patio of
the Museu Frederic Marès
(see
p72)
is this alluring, sun-strewn
terrace café, replete with stone
pillars, climbing ivy and orange
trees.
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Pl de Sant LIuc 5-6 • Map N3
• Closed Mon & Oct-Mar • DA
Take a break from exploring
the Gothic Quarter at this friendly
café. It serves divine cakes, light
meals, and snacks. Ask for a table
outside.
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Plaça Sants Just i Pastor
• Map N4 • 93 268 10 22
&
Café del Born
@
La Báscula
Plaça Comercial is dotted
with cafés, including the laid-
back Café del Born, which evolves
into an amiable bar as night
descends.
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Pl Comercial 10 • Map P4
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Caelum
This quirky café, set in an
old chocolate factory, has several
vegetarian dishes and a range of
tasty cakes on the menu.
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C/
Flassaders 30 • Map P4 • 93 319 98 66
£
Cafè-Bar L'Antiquari
Uptairs sells honey, pre-
serves and other foods made in
convents and monasteries all over
Spain. Downstairs you can sample
all the delicacies in a café on the
site of a 15th century baths.
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C/Palla 8 • Map M3 • Closed Mon lunch
(
Venus Delicatessen
In summer, bask in the old
town's medieval atmosphere at
the Plaça del Rei terrace. By
night, sip Rioja in the intimate,
rustic basement bodega.
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C/Veguer 13 • Map N4
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Cafè-Bar del Pi
The Església de Santa Maria
del Pi casts a shadow over this
café's terrace. And if you're in
that kick-back-and-do-nothing
mode, street artists keep you en-
tertained.
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Pl Sant Josep Oriol 1
•
Map M4
•
Closed Tue, 7-30 Jan
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Tetería Salterio
Colourful and inviting, this
café-restaurant serves great cof-
fee and tea as well as fresh fare,
including innovative salads such
as “Erotica , with asparagus, tuna
and tomato.
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C/Avinyó 25
•
Map M5
•
Closed Sun, 7-30 Jan
)
La Granja
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Pallaresa
This family-run
xo-
colateria
has long
been serving up
thick hot chocolate
and
xurros
(fried
dough strips) for
dunking.
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C/Petritxol
4
• Map L3
Sit back and
relax with tea and
sweet Arab cakes.
Do not miss the
Sado, an Oriental
style pizza with a
variety of fillings.
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Sant Domenec del Call 4
• Map M4 •
Closed Mon
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For more cafés in the Barri Gòtic
See pp42-3
