The Historian · Diego · Barcelona
Els Quatre Gats
Yes, it's touristy now. But the building is real, the history is real, and if you arrive at 10am for a coffee you'll be alone with it.
Opened 1897 in a neo-Gothic building by Puig i Cadafalch. Picasso designed the menu cover here. Modernisme was argued into existence at these tables.
— Diego, The Historian
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