Where can I eat after midnight in Barcelona?
Late-night eating in Barcelona is genuinely easy because the city runs on a schedule two hours behind the rest of Europe. Bar Marsella in the Gothic Quarter stays open late and serves food alongside its famously ancient absinthe, and the Barceloneta beachfront has several chiringuitos and casual restaurants that push past 1 a.m. in summer. For serious late eating, head to the Eixample, where many sit-down restaurants take last orders at midnight or later on weekends — Cervecería Catalana on Carrer de Mallorca is a reliable one, though the queue forms early. The real after-midnight move is tapas and pintxos bars in the Gothic and El Born neighborhoods, which keep kitchens running as long as the bar is full. Mercado de la Boqueria closes by evening, but 24-hour kebab spots and bocadillo counters are scattered throughout the Old City and around Plaça de Catalunya for when you just need something fast at 2 a.m.
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