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A great terrace, views of Miró’s sculptures, plus well-presented modern food with an Italian accent.
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The original cocktail bar in El Born, the intimate, 1950s-style Gimlet pours nice (read: potent) cocktails to a local clientele.
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Occupying a prime corner of Plaça Reial, this atmospheric café-bar brings in all types. Grab a spot on the terrace with a front-row view of the plaça activities.
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Phoenix-like, the Liceu has risen from the ashes of two devastating fires since its inauguration in 1847. Now one of the greatest opera houses in Europe, it has an innovative programme and is famed for performances by home-grown talent, including one of the “three tenors” José Carreras, as well as Montserrat Caballé.
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This small, intimate venue is one of the longest surviving clubs for alternative and lesser-known jazz and blues troupes. Free entrance if you buy a drink. (Clubs & Music Venues).
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Dark and smoky, this kick-back jazz haunt features a choice line-up of jazz and blues, flamenco fusion, reggae and African music.
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An incredible 15 screens all showing original version films.
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Luxurious cocktail lounge opened by legendary barman José María Gotarda in the 1950s and now run by his son. More than 80 varieties of whisky.
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Venture underground – liter-ally – to this popular, hopping jazz-club-cum-nightclub in a vaulted space beneath Plaça Reial. Nightly live jazz sessions kick off around 11pm. DJs take over later with dance-inducing sounds. See Clubs & Music Venues.
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This Barri Gòtic institution has live jazz every night (11pm-1am). It then evolves into a dance club, with DJs spinning everything from hip-hop to R &B and salsa.
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For a three-course meal for one with half a bottle of wine (or equivalent meal), taxes and extra charges.
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