La Champagneria Barcelona: The Return

If you are in Barcelona I highly recommend a trip here. It’s a crazy crowded space, but if you can deal with being packed like a sardine it is an awesome fun time!

La Champagneria (Can Paixano)
Barcelona Cava (Champagne/sparkling wine) Bar
Reina Cristina 7, Barcelona, Spain
[t] 93 310 08 39
Hours: Monday to Saturday (approximately)
5pm to 10pm (likely open earlier in the Summer)
Closed the last two weeks of August

See also: Greatest Bar Ever!

To call my return to Barcelona’s La Champagneria one year later triumphant would be a bit of an overstatement, but that’s how it felt in my head. On a whim I decided to fly from Lisbon to Barcelona and in the front of my mind the entire flight the infamous cava bar.

Unfortunately upon my arrival I was a bit tired and ended up napping past their closing time on Saturday night. They tend to close around 10pm and they also close on Sunday, so I spent that Saturday night at Milk and the Sunday night at Marmalade — both of which are owned by the same couple and are also well worth a look if you are in Barcelona.

So on the Monday I finally make it to my favourite bar and thankfully this time it’s not quite as busy. To my excitement my awesome barman from last year, Danny, remem

bers me. Crazy! I must have made some kind of impression, but I did go back several days in a row and was totally over the moon about being there (see Repeat Diner Theory).

This time we get to chatting and pathetically my Spanish has not improved at all. I vow to get Rosetta when I get home and start learning. I stand by Spanish as probably the 2nd most useful language to English in the world, but some people may want to debate with me.

Anyway, this time I’m at La Champagneria on my own and I have to say it was everything that it was last time. I really do think this place is fantastic. The only down side is that on your own the drinks go down a bit faster and you get full very quickly! If you’re in Barcelona I highly recommend a trip to La Champagneria.

For a more detailed account of La Champagneria please see my other article: La Champagneria Barcelona: Greatest Bar Ever!.