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CaféRaval
Granja M. Viader in Barcelona's Raval, open since 1870, invented Cacaolat in 1933 and still pours the chocolate-milk recipe by the glass at the marble.
DrinkCacaolat chocolate milk
TipOpen Mon-Sat 09:00-21:15. Closed Sunday. Cacaolat by the glass is the dish-shop order.
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CaféEixampleWork-friendlyWifi
Laie in Barcelona's Eixample is the bookshop-and-cafe on Pau Claris with the upstairs reading-room feel: cafe con leche, daily lunch menu, all-day quiet.
DrinkCafe con leche
TipOpen Mon-Sat 09:30-21:00. Closed Sunday. The menu del dia at 18 euros serves until 16:00.
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CaféSant Antoni
Tres Tombs in Barcelona's Sant Antoni is the corner-cafe that doubles as the morning-coffee anchor to its evening vermouth-and-tapas bar identity.
DrinkVermouth and coffee
TipOpen daily from 07:00. The breakfast bocadillo is the morning order; afternoons switch to vermouth.
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CaféEixample
Casa Vives in Barcelona's Eixample has run a Catalan patisseria and bomboneria since 1895: fourth-generation Miquel Vives's Paris-trained pastry case.
DrinkCafe con leche and pastry
TipOpen daily 08:00-21:00. The Xuixos and Sacher torte are the canonical orders; pre-order whole cakes 48 hours ahead.
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CaféGoticWork-friendlyWifi
Satan's Coffee Corner in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter is Marcos Bartolome's third-wave anchor: single-origin beans, alternative-brewing setup and morning.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipOpen daily 09:00-18:00. Closed Sunday afternoons; a second branch sits in the Hotel Casa Bonay.
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CaféBorn
Cafes el Magnifico in Barcelona's Born is the family-run espresso bar founded in 1919 by the Sans, roasting beans on-site since the 1980s and pouring one.
DrinkEspresso
TipOpen Mon-Sat from 09:00. Closed Sunday. Takeaway window faster than the bar at peak.