Reykjavík Grapevine - 11.02.2005, Page 33

BARCELONA Picks
Compiled by John Boyce
BARCELONA PIPA CLUB, PLACA REIAL,
METRO Liceu
Perhaps the only authentic smoking club in the city. During the day you
can get your fill of politically incorrect pipe smoke. Late in the evening it
transforms itself into one of the city’s most laid back all-night boozing joints.
EUSKAL ETXEA. PLACETA MONCADA,
METRO Jaume
The unpronounceable name tells you Basque cuisine is on the menu, in an
eerie cavern-like atmosphere. Specializes in fish and calves, a stones throw
from the Picasso museum.
ENCANTES MARKET:
METRO Glories
Desperate for an exhaust pipe for your second-hand Ford Capri or
some black and white Slovakian pornography, then look no further than
Barcelona’s oldest open-air flea market, open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday till two. Bring a wheelbarrow.
DIETRICH: C/ DEL CONCELL DE CENT,
METRO Universitat
If high class drag’s your bag, Dietrich revives the lost art of café theatre seven
days a week in glam surroundings. Admission free.
LA PALOMA, C/ DE TIGRE,
METRO Universitat
An institution in Barcelona for over a hundred years, La Paloma kicks off
with the cha-cha-cha and the can-can before moving on the tango around
midnight, and if you are
up for it there is the frenetic bongo lounge till dawn. Admission 5 euro.
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