EAT & DRINK
Originally published on Monday, 01 September 2008
Me, Me, Me!
Apparently a third of all divorces are produced from the strain of cheesy vacation smiles and facing your partner in broad daylight. So check in for a bit of post-holiday me-time at, yes, ME.
The rates at this new luxury boutique hotel from Sol Meliá (I know, Meliá - luxury? Boutique? What happened to this bastion of mediocrity?) that now occupies Dominique Perrault’s anorexic Tetris piece in Poble Nou, aren’t exactly conducive to single occupancy, but then you aren’t expected to stay single for long here.
Having brought in American Pete Wentz - better known as the bass guitarist from Fall Out Boy - to run the sixth floor Angels & Kings bar, it is hoped that the young and beautiful party crowd that fills the sister bars in New York and Chicago will soon be rubbing shoulders with guests.
Closer to the top, twin brothers and gastro chefs Javier and Sergio Torres, responsible for bringing vacuum cooking onto this world, serve up nosh at the 24th-floor Dos Cielos, with homegrown herbs from the hotel’s rooftop garden.
Barcelona hardly needs another five star hotel - another ten are scheduled to open over the next two years - but who’s to complain in this part of town. Me?
ME by Meliá - now open
Pere IV 272-286, Poble Nou - 93 367 2050