Places in Barcelona

The Istanbul Anatolian grill, transplanted to the Eixample

Wood-fired artisan bakery in the fishermen's quarter

Family seafood-tapas bar and vermut since 1955

Born's restored 1852 pastry house

Vintage family fish bar, plancha and chalkboard prices

Ten-table owner-run seafood and rice locals' room

Barcelona's centre for contemporary culture and ideas

Belle-epoque cotton-guild palace turned design hotel

Tiny, tile-walled coffee counter since 1909

Albert Adria's 25-course labyrinth, the El Bulli idea reborn

Three-floor Aussie-style brunch with a rooftop

Anna Bellsola's fourth-generation Barceloneta bakery

A foundation devoted to Iberian photography

Miro's own museum on Montjuic, by Josep Lluis Sert

Century-old bodega turned surrealist vermut den

The serious business base of the Les Corts belt

The 1870 granja where Cacaolat was born

In-house roasting and pour-overs on a quiet Born lane

A Port Vell waterfront stay where Picasso once worked

Matsuhisa's robata izakaya across from Santa Caterina market

Hideki Matsuhisa's Michelin-starred Japanese counter

Sign-less 1944 tavern, birthplace of the bomba

Market-driven Catalan cooking opposite Mercat de la Llibertat

Catalonia's house of contemporary dance on Montjuic

Roman-walled boutique hotel with a cathedral-view roof

Irish-owned brunch-and-cocktails fixture of 20 years

Barcelona's specialty-coffee pioneer down a hidden passage

Domenech i Montaner's UNESCO Modernista concert hall

A speakeasy behind a pastrami-shop freezer door, Born

Catalonia's most-awarded croissants, off the Passeig del Born

Pioneering Japanese-Catalan patisserie since 1983

Specialty espresso and brunch behind a red-striped Eixample canopy

The Gothic-quarter cafe that kicked off the city's coffee wave

Morning bar for specialty coffee and house viennoiserie

Baranowitz+Kronenberg-designed hotel a step off Passeig de Gracia

Direct-trade espresso from a 1972 Citroën inside a design studio

Polished third-wave coffee on Rambla del Poblenou

A 22-room adults-only hideaway down a Gothic alley

Slow-food vermut terrace at the foot of Montjuic

Calm coffee, matcha and sustainable goods in 22@

Tapies's foundation in a Domenech i Montaner landmark

Pioneer Gracia roaster pouring single-origin filter and espresso

Veteran specialty-coffee roaster-café on Viladomat

Creative-district stay with strong social spaces