From the Rosa de Fuego to the conscript revolts. Perhaps it's harder to see now, but Barcelona has always been a rebellious city. A place where not everything has to be the same. Where another way of doing things is possible. Even when the proposed changes are small, modest, but no less relevant for that. Today I'll tell you about an excellent bar-restaurant located on Consell de Cent. On a beautifully designed pedestrian street, filled with options dominated by restaurant chains. Here, in the middle of it all, like Thursday, Bar Jueves was born.

In a Barcelona increasingly crowded with franchises and impersonal establishments, the iconic sandwich shop Conesa on Plaça Sant Jaume is an exception. Not only because it's one of the few bars in the city center that still retains and nurtures its longtime clientele, but because the retirement of its owners fortunately won't lead to its closure. Conesa is changing hands, but not its spirit. Josep Conesa and Marta Cortadella are folding, but Juan Cano and Christian Domínguez are continuing.

You only have to sing the song to know that La Font del Gat is one of Barcelona's iconic spaces. Since the pandemic, this popular spot hasn't been open to the public, and only private events were held. Until now. Just a few days ago, it was launched by the Confiteria Group, specialists in restoring historic sites and polishing them. The owners' desire is to maintain its spirit while updating it. Lito Baldovinos, founder of the Confiteria Group, tells me that together they've done everything. Just a day before opening, his mother was still painting boards. I ask him what offer they have in mind, and he's crystal clear. He wants this to be—in his words—"one of the best." picnic area".

"And now what are we going to call the Plaça del Kasparo bar?" asks a girl on social media. The bar was so prominent and deeply rooted in Barcelona's Raval neighborhood that its closure leaves many regular customers and Plaça Vicenç Martorell orphaned. Marcelino Carrera and Elisabeth Triadó, the couple who have run it since 1995, have finally given in to the pressure that has forced them to close and retire, which in Triadó's case has come a year early.

It's idyllic. So much so that it's even a little daunting to write this article. The La Dolors beach bar is located in the middle of some gardens after crossing the Vallcarca bridge. It's a success story because it's a neighborhood space run by people who love it. We talked about Cristina Mas, as she's been in the restaurant business for many years, and the neighbors asked her, "Why don't you keep the consulate beach bar for yourself?" The stars aligned, and several years after the City Council inherited this space, she won the public competition, and that's how it was. We explain the history of the place and, above all, about Dolors, who gives this special place its name.