The Four Cats - Barcelona

Not so much an institution as a monument. In 1897 a figure-about-town called Pere Romeu opened this café in a Modernista building by Puig i Cadafalch, and for a few years it was the great meeting point of Bohemian Barcelona.

Major artists of the day such as Rusiñol and Casas painted pictures especially for it, and the menu cover was Picasso´s first paid commission. It closed in 1903, and was used for decades as a textile warehouse, until in the 1980s it was finally restored and reopened, with reproductions by contemporary artists of the original paintings.

Under its current management its much more smart than Bohemian, but is an attractive place for a coffee, with good tapas.

In the room at the back, where Pere Romeu once presented avant-garde performances, there is a restaurant, with a good set lunch menu. The restaurant serves typical Catalan foods.



Opening hours: Monday through Sunday from 09.00 to 01.00.

Address: Montsió 2, Barcelona

Telephone: 93 302 41 40.





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