Restaurant 7 Portes was founded in 1836, making it one of the oldest restaurants in Barcelona. It is famous for it's traditional rice dishes and Catalan cuisine.
7 Portes has been visited by a long list of the famous from artists to world leaders. Among them are Woody Allen, Picasso, Che Guevara, the King of Spain, John Wayne, Ava Gardner, Pelé, Miró and Mikhail Gorbachev. As an adolescent, Picasso actually lived in the same building and Miro studied at the art school which was housed across the street in the beautiful neoclassical-style building called La Llotja.