Balius Bar is a warm bar offering classic cocktails, plus light bites & a weekly live jazz band in Barcelona

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Balius

Barcelona


There's an old-fashioned jauntiness to this vintage-style cocktail den in El Poblenou, marked by its original-period exterior with tiles and gin bottles in the window. Staff pour classic cocktails (€8 to €10) as well as vermouths, and there's a small tapas menu (€3 to €7) of nachos, cheeses, patates braves and so on. Stop by on Sunday for live jazz around 8pm.


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