Bar Dijous
Catalan / Cuina de Mercat · Eixample, Barcelona · €
Open since 2026
Cooperative of about twenty-five members took over the old Bar Copèrnic space on the now-pedestrianised stretch of Consell de Cent and opened Bar Dijous in February 2026 with Joan Vallès in the kitchen — ex-Monocrom under Fermí Puig, ex-Gegant de Poblenou, Time Out's Chef Revelación 2025.
The Delekta Review
Cooperative model with about twenty-five socis — civic, anti-trendy posture; the kitchen is led by chef Joan Vallès rather than a brand Catalan recetario at popular prices — capipota €8, weekly legumes €10, macarrons ~€12, suquet de peix €19, cordero estofado €15, chuletón €43; half-portions at fifty percent Drinks register is deliberately working-class — filtered still and sparkling water free, natural wine three euros the glass, beer €1.70, half-litre porró of natural wine €7
Capipota (€8) — head-and-foot stew, spicy, melting texture, the entry point on every press piece Fricandó with moixernons — veal braise with mushrooms, finished with picada; macarrons de festa major, baked sofrito-based Suquet de rape with ratte potatoes (€19); mongetes amb ous i papada (eggs and pork jowl); albóndigues amb sípia Escabetx of cap-roig with ginger — drawn from the Llibre de Sent Soví, the mediaeval Catalan recipe book — and cogollos with hazelnut vinaigrette Caracoles a la llauna; bacallà esqueixat; the chef's flan, refined over a decade, to close — and crema catalana when the orders come in
About twenty-five-strong gastronomic cooperative formed to take over the old Bar Copèrnic at Consell de Cent 93; founders identified collectively rather than by name (the cooperative model is the point) Joan Vallès — Catalan chef, ex-head chef at Monocrom under Fermí Puig, then head chef and partner at Gegant de Poblenou; passed through Alkostat; Time Out Barcelona's 'Chef Revelación 2025' Opened February 2026 — Time Out's piece followed in March, Ara filed within weeks, Observación Gastronómica visited at the end of March; three months on the clock at writing
Plain ground-floor room with a prominent terrace on the pacified stretch of Consell de Cent — Time Out called the terrace 'un océano de luz'; one of the better daytime spots in the Eixample post-Eixos Verds urbanism Front-of-house style is deliberately informal — cooperative members work the floor; this is not fine-dining service and isn't trying to be
Address: Carrer del Consell de Cent 93, la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample — three minutes from L1 Urgell, six from L3/L5 Diagonal Service Wed and Sun breakfast + lunch only (approximately 09:00–16:00); Thu–Sat continuous service ~09:00 through evening to 23:00; closed Monday and Tuesday Reservations via CoverManager at restaurante.covermanager.com/bar-dijous — terrace fills first at lunch on the new pedestrian-street stretch
What the critics say
- Bar Dijous — cocina catalana seria y precios populares en la terraza más soleada de Consell de Cent
- Bar Dijous: a rebellious Barcelona stands up with beans, fricandó and spills
- 9 restaurants in Left Eixample where you can (still) eat Catalan cuisine
- Bar Dijous: guisos, macarrones y capipota en un proyecto cooperativo
- Bar Dijous (marzo 2026, Barcelona)
- Chef Joan Vallès abre Bar Dijous en Barcelona
- Bar Dijous — traditional Catalan cuisine and social cooperation
Visit
- Address
- Carrer del Consell de Cent, 93, La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample, 08015 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 633 07 10 20
- Website
- instagram.com/bardijous
- Reservations
- Book a table