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Where to have a drink before the Bruce Springsteen concert in Barcelona

So you can give it your all at the El Boss show, we leave you some bars and cocktail bars where you should do the pre-concert.

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It’s not every day you can enjoy a concert of a great artist like Bruce Springsteen. The Boss is revolutionizing the Catalan capital -also partly due to the presence of Obama and Spielberg- and tonight will be a full house at the Lluis Companys Stadium. As we know that many of you have tickets, we have organized a pre-concert plan to go with energy and be able to give it all at the show. Here is a selection of some bars and cocktail bars so you can get ready to enjoy Springsteen.

Backstage Cocktails & Snacks

Backstage is the mixology proposal of Teatro Kitchen & Bar, so you can imagine where they are going. Cocktails & snacks in an intimate, elegant atmosphere and with good music (surely something of Springsteen will fall today). Cocktails start at 10 €.

Quimet & Quimet

For over 100 years (and five generations) they have been a reference in Poble Sec in terms of preserves, tapas and montaditos. So if you want to get the boots before the concert, take a tapa of sea urchin with chips or baby squid with onions, some natural scallops or loquats with anchovies; they also have almost all options in mounted format. Of course, don’t miss the vermouth and a good beer on tap.

Papagayo Cocktails & Food

If what you want is to have a snack before the concert, but also take advantage and have a few cocktails, Papagayo will solve it quickly. With a fusion cuisine to make you travel with every bite, you can order marinated oysters with Michelada, Portuguese stew meat croquette, roasted baby potatoes with chipotle sauce and citrus ali-oli or white fish ceviche, michelada, smoked herring roe and corn toast, among other delicacies. To drink, a long list of signature cocktails from €8.50.

Taps Bar

If you want to have some tapas before the concert, a good option is Taps Bar. As its name suggests, they specialize in dishes to share: bravas, fried eggs, mussels, squid or pork cheeks, among others. Besides, it is only 10 minutes away from the stadium, so you can have a snack before the show starts.

La Tasqueta de Blai

A typical pintxo bar where you can have a bite of everything and be ready for the concert. Here they serve miniature gastronomic bites inspired by the tastiest cuisines of the world and in a relaxed atmosphere to enjoy with friends. They have a wide variety of pintxos and tapas.

Xix Bar

For fans of gin and tonic: this is your temple. It is the first cocktail bar specialized in this drink. Located in an old dairy, here they love sophisticated Gins but without a tie. All accompanied by good music and the best atmosphere to enjoy with friends. The drinks start at 8,50 €.