This cool café, closed in winter, is in a pretty and surprisingly quiet square off the Ramblas and a great lunch spot. Locals and savvy tourists tuck into salads, pastas and quiches as their kids happily run around or go on the swings.
Plaça Vicenç Martorell, 4;
tel: 93 30 22 072
I am absolutely delighted to discover that this bar is called Kasparo again. I used to hang around there a lot during a five-month spell there in 1992, and it was also the haunt of a British ska band familiar to anyone there at the time, Inspector Tuppence and The Sexy Firemen. Beny, the owner, had family in the countryside and used to present us with shots of various kinds of strong unidentified liquor and slices of gorgeous cold meats. The bar is indeed a most unlikely corner within one of the busiest parts of town. Awesome.Send your feedback or queries to been.there@guardian.co.uk
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