Barcelona Restaurants

  1. Cafè Zurich

    The original 1920s Cafè Zurich was one of the city's landmark meeting places, but it was torn down in 1997 to make way for the department store that now occupies this corner. The café's shiny, pseudoclassic replacement may not have the same charm, but the tables are perfectly positioned for watching the world go by.

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  2. Granja Viader

    The fifth generation of the same family runs this atmospheric milk bar and café, which was set up in 1873 as the first to bring farm freshness to the city. They invented cacaolat, the chocolate-and-skimmed-milk drink now popular all over Spain, and continue to be innovative purveyors of all things milky.

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  3. Laie Café

    A leisure complex for the mind, the bookshop combines a broad range of books with a splendid café.

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