The initial reason I decided to check this bakery out was simply due to its name - Santa Clara University alum, Pasteleria Santa Clara, haha. But the wide variety of baked goods here, very friendly service, and good coffee are what actually brought me back. And I almost never eat at the same place more than once while on vacation, so I mean it when I say how happy I was to come here. They also have good specials on their xocolata amb xurros or cafe amb llet + a pastry. It's a small cafe, but they have a lot of different eye-pleasing pastries and confections (it's also a 'bomboneria' - candy store). It's right next to the Jaume I metro station and right off the Via Laietana. And it's been running since 1834, so obviously they're doing something right. read more