Mesón del Café

The Mesón del Café has made coffee on the Carrer de la Llibreteria since 1909. Its front is built to look like a Catalan farmhouse, with a wooden sign, and the room behind it is small.

What it is
Café
Opened
1909
Area
Gothic Quarter
Nearest museum
Picasso Museum, 350 m

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    What Mesón del Café is known for

    1. Since 1909

      It was founded in 1909, by Joan Romagosa according to Wikipedia in Catalan.

    2. A farmhouse front

      The ground floor is dressed as an imitation masia, a Catalan farmhouse, with a wooden sign and windows showing what it sells.

    3. By the Plaça de Sant Jaume

      The street runs off the square of the city hall and the Generalitat, in the heart of the Gothic Quarter.

    What to know

    • Its front imitates a Catalan farmhouse
    • It is listed as one of the city's protected shops
    • It is a minute from the Plaça de Sant Jaume

    Where Mesón del Café is

    Address

    Carrer de la Llibreteria 16
    08002 Barcelona, Spain

    Nearest station

    Jaume I, on line 4, about two minutes away

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

    On the Carrer de la Llibreteria since 1909

    The café was founded in 1909, and its front has kept the look it was given.

    It is listed among the city's establishments of interest.

    Mesón del Café: common questions

    Where is Mesón del Café?
    At Carrer de la Llibreteria 16, in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona. The nearest station is Jaume I, on line 4, about two minutes away.
    Which museums and sights are near Mesón del Café?
    Picasso Museum is 350 m away, Palau de la Música Catalana is 500 m away, Casa Batlló is 1.4 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
    What is Mesón del Café known for?
    Since 1909, A farmhouse front, By the Plaça de Sant Jaume. A small café of 1909 near the Plaça de Sant Jaume, with a front built to look like a country house.
    When did Mesón del Café open?
    In 1909. Its front imitates a Catalan farmhouse.

    What visitors say about Mesón del Café

    Rating from Google

    4.5

    1,109 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 25 October 2026.

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