The Black Horse

The Black Horse is one of the few spots in Barcelona that's more of your neighbourhood pub rather than a museum of what a pub should be, with its stone walls, arched ceilings, small bar, and plenty of social space with tables against the walls to promote communal drinking, which is the only way many of us are able to interact without a computer in front of our face. Being an English pub, not Irish, you won't have to put up with shamrock decorations, photos of Michael Collins, and nothing but U2 on the sound system. They've got a great terrace out front and occasionally organise live music. None other than TV Smith, leader of the punk band The Adverts, has played here.