A shoebox of a bar from 1947 at the port end of La Rambla, built as a shrine to Marseille pastis and French chanson — Piaf and Brel on the speakers, decades of bottles and paintings crowding every surface, and live chanson or tango squeezed into the corner on the right nights. One of the last true survivors of the old Barrio Chino, and at eight square metres one of the most atmospheric rooms in the city.
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El Raval, Barcelona
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A pastis, properly watered, while the chanson plays. The house pours little else with such conviction.
Late evening; live-music nights are the reason to aim carefully — check the week's programme on the door.
A 1947 French-chanson bar the size of a living room, near the port end of La Rambla. It fills with a dozen people — arrive early or embrace the doorway.