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Restaurants
Barcelona has several gay- and lesbian-friendly or gay- and lesbian-run restaurants,
where you’ll be assured of a warm welcome and sympathetic atmosphere.
dDivine
(c/Balmes 24, Esquerra de l’Eixample
T
933 172 248,
W
www.ddivine.com;
M
Universitat; closed Sun, and Mon & Tues dinner) probably has the highest profile,
offering weekday lunches and coffee, plus dinner with a live drag show. More
relaxed, moderately priced gay-friendly eateries include the New York-style
Castro
(c/Casanova 85, Esquerra de l’Eixample
T
933 236 784,
W
www.castrorestaurant
.com;
M
Universitat; closed Sat lunch & Sun) and fusion-Italian
Iurantia
(c/Casanova
42, Esquerra de l’Eixample
T
934 547 887,
W
www.iurantia.com;
M
Universitat;
closed Sat lunch & Sun).
Pumped-up house-music bar for the pre-
club crowd. Wed–Sun 11pm–3am.
Clubs
As well as the gay and lesbian clubs
reviewed below, the biggest club night
in the city is Gay Day (Sun, at
Space
Barcelona
).
Arena Madre
c/Balmes 32, Esquerra de
l’Eixample
T
934 878 342,
W
www.arenadisco
.com;
M
Passeig de Gràcia.
The “mother” club
sits at the helm of the Arena empire, all
within a city block (pay for one, get in to all)
– frenetic house and chart at
Arena Madre
(Mon–Sat 12.30–5am, Sun 7pm–5am), high
disco antics at
Arena Classic
(c/de la
Diputació 233; Fri & Sat 12.30–6am), more
of the same plus dance, R&B, pop and rock
at the more mixed
Arena VIP
(Grand Via de
les Corts Catalanes 593; Fri & Sat 1–6am),
and the best in house at
Arena Dandy
(Grand Via de les Corts Catalanes 593; Fri &
Sat 1–6am).
Dboy
Ronda de Sant Pere 19–21, Dreta de
l’Eixample
T
933 180 686,
W
www
.matineegroup.com;M
Urquinaona.
The old
Salvation, reborn, is bigger and better than
ever, offering a nonstop fusion of beats. Fri
& Sat 12.30–5am.
Kiut
c/Consell de Cent 280, Esquerra de
l’Eixample, no phone,
W
www.kiutdisco.com;M
Universitat/Passeig de Gràcia.
A new “cute”
lesbian dance space, from the owners of
Zeltas
. Thurs–Sun 11.30pm–5am.
Metro
c/Sepúlveda 158, Esquerra de l’Eixample
T
933 235 227,
W
www.metrodiscobcn.com;
M
Universitat/Urgell.
A gay institution in
Barcelona, with cabaret nights and other
events midweek. Extremely crowded at
weekends in its two rooms playing either
current dance and house or retro disco.
Daily midnight–5am.