Friday the 13th… So, to dry, it sounds macabre. Let’s try again: Friday, May 13. cocktail day. Sounds better, right? The cocktail bars They have been the great forgotten of the pandemic, and, surprise, they have suffered the restrictions more than anyone. Now is the time to fill them. Taking advantage of such an important date as Cocktail Day, we pay tribute to the cocktail bars of Barcelona and we take you to classic four which are the history of Barcelona and six modern cathedrals of the most groundbreaking cocktails. For having, we have until own drink for sale: the Carpat On Barcelona by Especiarium. Long live the cocktail!
our cocktail
Carpat On Barcelona
behind the scenes of especiarium we find one of the most restless bartenders in the city: Anthony Naranjo. His Born cocktail bar is one of the reference mixology laboratories. Therefore, we ask your team to prepare us a special drink on the occasion of Cocktail Day. the romanian Diego Pandelea takes up the challenge and takes as its basis a very elaborate cocktail that ended up among the top 10 in the world in the competition World Class. The idea is that you get into a forest, there is an obvious connection with wood, you drink nature. It is a cup of cold rock with Cardhu; palo santo syrup and cinnamon; apple and chestnut liqueur; black walnut and spice bitters and a wonderful splash of ratafia. It carries a rice chip that holds a brioche foam and is accompanied by a bowl with burned wood belonging to the remains of the syrup. Is named Carpat On Barcelona and it is a Romania-Barcelona connection via Cardhu. You can ask for it this weekend shouting: more wood! Princess, 29. especiariumbar.com
Return to the future
modern classic
It’s time for justice: 14 Rose deserves to be in the top 5 best cocktail bars in Barcelona. Located in the guts of Funny, where the legendary Astrolabi used to rest, this recycled bar is revealed as the perfect combination of classicism and modernity. Bartender Dean Shury and his team, stuffed into very elegant uniformsmove on a card of 10 classic cocktails with modern twists (and 11 lavish appetizers). The gimlet floats on a cloud of celery and orange blossom. The Old Fashioned changes her DNA and becomes Rum Fashioned. and the wonderful End Word reborn for the 21st century with mezcal and soft cocoa notes at the end of the sip. Cheeses, preserves and/or banderillas at your fingertips in case the bug bites, which it will. Martinez de la Rosa, 14. www.14delarosa.com
Kike’s house
The Queen of Fort Pienc
A bar of all life, a bar that assumes risks each night. Although it does not appear in lists and tops, The FIG tree deserves to be in podium of the best cocktail bars in Barcelona. Few bartenders have the technique, imagination, knowledge and people skills of Kike Prado Gamboa. Here is a mixologist capable of nailing a Perfect Frozen Dry Martini -the best of BCN with the permission of Giardinetto and Boadas-, leave their mark on a Last Word «mixed» to freak out or let your hair down with modern recipes and tremendously creative, glasses with fire, pyrotechnics and whatever the public asks for. Furthermore, like the good neighborhood bar that it is, La Higuera pampers its acolytes with a very serious solid menu: its Iberian pork with potatoes and peppers he would make Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger dance reggaeton. Sicily, 101. barlahiguerabcn.com
cocktail district
Cups with attitude
urban cocktails, cheeky and cheap. In tune with the neighborhood Raval. Cocktails that in a bar in the upper area could perfectly cost triple. Two Schmucks brings quality mixology closer to young people and triumphs night after night too. Daring techniques, surprising ingredients and pleasant flavors come together in a modern and rogue menu that is not boring. Modest Pom Pom Y Juliette Larrouy have imprinted their overwhelming personality on a cocktail bar that looks like an underground bar but bills high school cups: Ravalense royalty drinks here. Joaquin Costa, 52. www.two-schmucks.com
lost in translation
From Tokyo with alcohol
The cocktail bar of the future is a cocktail bar and much more. Kyoudai 33 it’s a dream for japanophiles, select and modern drinkers. A unique business in Barcelona, born from the imagination of the extraordinary bartender Santi Ortiz, one of the freest and most daring minds in the sector. At Kyoudai 33 you can find specialty coffee, a cold matcha latte colossal, Japanese homemade pastry and savorygyozas and, of course, a menu of signature cocktails with special effects that leave Industrial Light & Magic in minor cloths. He asks for the drink that goes in a safe and freaks out. Welcome to the most modern cocktail bar in BCN. Rocafort, 33. Instagram: @kyoudai33
forza italy
full elegance
Among the various founders of Galileo we find Giaciomo Giannotti, father of the famous cocktail bar paradise (Rera Palau, 4), already Andrea Civettinithe exquisite bartender who makes magic in the bar together with the well-known mixologist Yanaida Prado. Nothing could go wrong with these names. Galileo bets on a sophisticated and elaborate signature cocktails. I know that behind each drink there are weeks of work and testing. haute cuisine cocktails, to understand us. The Bloody Mary of the house is a very powerful broth. The Martini Galileo with notes of hazelnut is art. And the umami hide real mushrooms in the cup. You can finish off the party with its menu of tapas, dishes and pasta. Life is beautiful, etc. Aribau, 152. galileobar.com
King of Kings
eternal bar
Cathedral. The church. The best bar in the world. She has many names, like the devil, but everyone stands up when they talk about her. visited by international celebrities in their almost 90 years of historytrench of the local bohemia of all times, its Dry Martini pouring is still the best thing to happen to the city in centuries. Nothing has changed and nothing will change, fortunately, in one of the most pleasant bubbles I have never visited, the piece of a Barcelona that slips through our fingers. some call it weddingsI call it home. Tallers, 1. boadascocktails.com
Old School
Cups without FX
The curtains on the door insulate the drinker from the horror of the daily routine. The wooden bar, the endless bottle display case (what a collection of whiskeys, my goodness) and the velvety armchairs provide the rest. The Tandem Cocktail Bar and its classic cocktails deserve a big respect. The Old School rules in a stately space that throbs from 1985 no need to put sparklers in your glasses. Aribau, 86. Instagram: @tandemcocktail
Heading to Havana
Pirates of the Raval
If you like cocktails, you must have dropped by the cabin of Juanjo Gonzalez. If you haven’t, make up for lost time and give yourself up to the timeless cocktails practiced by this bartender, one of the most revered and charismatic in Barcelona. If you are not clear about your poison, you go to the bar, tell Juanjo your preferences, and he becomes your favorite psychologist, shaker through. And forget about traditional therapy, in Caribbean Club there are no divans that are worth. Sitges, 5. caribbeanclubbcn.com
great classic
gottarda forever
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Standing since 1931, the Ideal appears to me in dreams like the cocktail bar where my favorite detectives from american crime novel. With the seal of prestige of Jose Maria Gotardaone of the best Catalan bartenders in history, this elegant cocktail bar welcomes learned drinkers and seekers of classic drinks made with the highest degree of finesse possible. But he also seduces more intrepid cocksuckers with his own recipescreative drinks but without fanfare, always in line with sobriety of the house and with the imprint of quality of a team that works very well. That’s how it tastes Aribau, 89. idealcocktailbar.com