Els Quatre Gats
Few visitors come to Els Quatre Gats for fine dining. It’s the architecture and history of Barcelona’s famous bohemian hangout that attracts the crowds. The building, by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, resembles a Gothic castle and the atmosphere inside recalls the city’s Belle Époque. Founded in 1897, the “Four Cats” played host to the Modernista set and gave a young Picasso one of his first commissions—the illustration still used on the menu. A large painting by Ramon Casas depicts the café’s owner Pere Romeu and the artist riding a tandem. It’s a copy of the original, now in the MNAC. You can dine expensively in the galleried saloon at the back, but the good-value tapas—anchovies, salt cod croquettes, and the rustic stew cap i pota—in the front bar is a better bet.
Few visitors come to Els Quatre Gats for fine dining. It’s the architecture and history of Barcelona’s famous bohemian hangout that attracts the crowds. The building, by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, resembles a Gothic castle and the atmosphere inside recalls the city’s Belle Époque. Founded in 1897, the “Four Cats” played host to the Modernista set and gave a young Picasso one of his first commissions—the illustration still used on the menu. A large painting by Ramon Casas depicts the café’s owner Pere Romeu and the artist riding a tandem. It’s a copy of the original, now in the MNAC. You can dine expensively in the galleried saloon at the back, but the good-value tapas—anchovies, salt cod croquettes, and the rustic stew cap i pota—in the front bar is a better bet.
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