The Juice House in Barcelona's Eixample is the cold-press juice and smoothie bowl counter with a small breakfast carte and a flat white espresso program.
Tip: Open Mon-Sat 09:00 to 18:00. Cold-press menu changes weekly; ask for the green-juice of the day.
Address: Carrer de la Diputació 244, 08007 Barcelona
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 seating.
Signature drink: Cafe con leche
Tip: Open Mon-Sat 09:30 to 21:00. Closed Sunday. The menu del dia at 18 euros serves until 16:00.
Dolso in Barcelona's Eixample is the dessert-cafe by chef pastry team where the chocolate fondant and the daily three-dessert tasting set Barcelona's pastry standard.
Signature drink: Espresso and dessert
Tip: Open daily for tea-time service from 16:00. Book the dessert-tasting set the day before.
Granja La Pallaresa in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter has poured thick hot chocolate with churros since 1947 on Carrer de Petritxol, the city's chocolate-shop alley.
Signature drink: Hot chocolate with churros
Tip: Open daily 09:00 to 21:00. The Carrer de Petritxol queue is shortest before noon and after 17:00.
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 counter.
Signature drink: Cacaolat chocolate milk
Tip: Open Mon-Sat 09:00 to 21:15. Closed Sunday. Cacaolat by the glass is the dish-shop order.
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 seating.
Signature drink: Cafe con leche
Tip: Open Mon-Sat 09:30 to 21:00. Closed Sunday. The menu del dia at 18 euros serves until 16:00.
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; breakfast bocadillos open at 07:00.
Signature drink: Vermouth and coffee
Tip: Open daily from 07:00. The breakfast bocadillo is the morning order; afternoons switch to vermouth.
Dolso in Barcelona's Eixample is the dessert-cafe by chef pastry team where the chocolate fondant and the daily three-dessert tasting set Barcelona's pastry standard.
Signature drink: Espresso and dessert
Tip: Open daily for tea-time service from 16:00. Book the dessert-tasting set the day before.
Satan's Coffee Corner in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter is Marcos Bartolome's third-wave anchor: single-origin beans, alternative-brewing setup and morning toasts.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Open daily 09:00 to 18:00. Closed Sunday afternoons; a second branch sits in the Hotel Casa Bonay.
