Café Boulevard Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain
The read// why locals go
Café Boulevard opened on El Arenal in 1871, and the room has kept its Art Nouveau fittings — stained glass, curved wood, mirrors — facing the gardens between the old town and the river. Pintxos at the bar and coffee are the mainstays, with breakfast the quietest and best time to take a table, and a terrace out on the promenade. Around €18 for a light meal. It has the particular usefulness of a grand café: somewhere in Bilbao to have a conversation that matters, in a room that has been hosting them for a century and a half.
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Arenal 3, 48005 — Bilbao
The read// why locals go
Café Boulevard opened on El Arenal in 1871, and the room has kept its Art Nouveau fittings — stained glass, curved wood, mirrors — facing the gardens between the old town and the river. Pintxos at the bar and coffee are the mainstays, with breakfast the quietest and best time to take a table, and a terrace out on the promenade. Around €18 for a light meal. It has the particular usefulness of a grand café: somewhere in Bilbao to have a conversation that matters, in a room that has been hosting them for a century and a half.
