Patricia Sañes
This fashion-lifestyle blogger
talks cocktails, croquettes and
cool-hunting from the bar at Café
Kafka, Barcelona
“
i discovered café kafka
[
7
Carrer de la
Fusina; cafekafka.es
]
a couple of years ago when
I got back from working in Madrid. I’d started
blogging there with L’Oréal, but I wanted to be
able to cover everything – fashion, travel, interiors,
people – so when I moved here I started the Cool
Hunter Diary (
coolhunterdiary.com
).
“
The café is brilliant for spotting emerging trends
because it attracts such an international, creative
crowd. People of all different ages and backgrounds,
and with a hundred looks. You can be sitting at the
bar and in will come a bearded, old local guy in a
sombrero and poncho; and then a model with legs
up to here in platforms, miniskirt and
bright red lipstick; and then a gruff
biker in full leather. It’s very
eclectic – you never know
who you might meet – but
not self-consciously cool.
“
It’s in el Born, my
favourite neighbourhood
in Barcelona. I come here
about twice a month, usually
at the weekend, and always
start the night with a mojito
and end it with a Baileys.
I snack on jamón.
“
The owner, Karel, and his daughter, Gaby, have
created an atmosphere that’s like being part of a big,
extended family. The décor reminds me of my own
home: a mix of velvet sofas and retro, multicoloured
lamps on an industrial backdrop and there’s a corner
stuffed with old books a bit like the old cafés of Saint
Germain in Paris.
“
The music is usually French or Italian, and it has
a whiff of the 1920s and 30s about it that I love. It’s
where I come to get inspired.”
AS TOLD TO
TARA STEVENS
PHOTO
MARIANO HERRERA
It’s very
eclectic – you
never know
who you might
meet – but
it’s not self-
consciously
cool
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