Casa Gracia

So, I've spoken before about this bar attached to a hostel called Casa Gracia.  It's down the street from our apartment and the restaurant serves amazing food.  Last time we went, Aaron had beef cheeks:

and I had pork with apple puree and pickled vegetables:

Fantastic!  Tonight, we went to the bar:

which is an equally amazing place with cocktails that blew my mind.  Let's get our swerve on (or whatever dumb thing the kids are saying these days).

First things first, I took pictures of the menu:

Aaron's first drink was the Old Gracia:

David, the bartender was like a magician.  

This is the smoke machine:

Inside the leaf is a piece of bacon that is supposed to be eaten with the drink.  It was an incredible experience.  You take a tiny bite of bacon, breathe in the smoke and sip.  Wow.

My drink was The Arrow:

I didn't get any pictures of him making it, but it was the best cocktail I've ever had.  It was citrus-y and bubbly and sweet with a hint of vanilla and some herbs.  OMG.

Next cocktail for me was Le Monsieur: 

Also delicious.  Kind of lemon-y, less sweet with a hint of some sort of herb again.  He put egg white for frothy-ness, which did nothing for the flavor, but was wonderful texture.

Aaron's second cocktail was The Queen Bloody Maria:

Didn't taste like a Bloody Mary, but had a strong tomato flavor and very savory.  It tasted kind of like a cold soup, in a good way.  It was so different, but really yummy.  

Outside, they have cool rope lights and I had to take a weird picture on the staircase:

Looking up:

The bathroom looked exactly like The Ministry of Magic:

That's the door and wall while I was sitting on the toilet.  I think they legit filmed Harry Potter in this stall.

Outside the bathroom:

The donkey is where you wash your hands:

Super neat place!  The drinks, food, decor and people are all so great.  This is a place I would recommend for anyone staying in Gracia.  I'm not gonna say it's the cheapest place ever, but for the quality you're getting it's so worth it.  Some places charge $10 for a vodka tonic, here you can get a smoke-infused work of art.  Quite an experience.