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MORE FOOD:

Future
(5 Carrer Fusina; 011-34-93-319-9299)
A former fruit stall, now a futuristic restaurant.

Gimlet
(24 Carrer del Rec; 011-34-93-310-1027)
An intimate cocktail bar for the young and cool.

Salero
(60 Carrer del Rec; 011-34-93-319-8022)
The place for fusion dishes, like Asian-flavored couscous.

ART:

Proyectos Culturales La Santa
(58 Carrerdel Rec; 011-34-93-268-1156)
A center for kitsch workshop.

Galería Art al Rec
(41 Carrer del Rec; 011-34-93-319-6647)
A year-old commercial art space featuring the work of emerging Spanish artists.

Metrònom
(9 Carrer Fusina; 011-34-93-268-4298)
An out-there, garagelike exhibition space; recently the entire floor was covered with fresh sod.

HOTELS:

Park Hotel
(11 Avenida Marqués de l'Argentera; 011-34-93-319-6000)
A newly renovated modern boutique hotel in El Born with colorful furniture and white-and-chrome accents.

Hotel Arts
(Vila Olímpica, 19-21 Carrer de la Marina; 011-34-93-221-1000)
A high-style high-rise with personal butlers and a Frank Gehry fish sculpture by the pool.

Hotel Claris
(in the Eixample district, 150 Carrer Pau Claris; 800-337-4685)
Belle Epoque outside, mod inside, this hotel has one of Spain's largest collections of pre-Columbian artifacts, a rooftop pool and a caviar restaurant.