Big-name Barcelona bar pop-up in NYC
- A celebrated Barcelona bar brings signature cocktails and small plates to a limited-time NYC pop-up this week. - Expect rare cocktails, tapas-style bites, and a chance to sample a European bar concept stateside. - Reservations and details via timeout.com.
Paradiso, the Barcelona cocktail bar ranked No. 4 on the World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 list, starts a six-night pop-up in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday, April 23. (theworlds50best.com) (timeout.com) The takeover runs through Tuesday, April 28, at MAD Bar & Lounge inside the NH Collection New York Madison Avenue hotel at 22 East 38th Street. Service is scheduled nightly from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. (timeout.com) (madbar-nyc.com) Time Out New York reported that Paradiso’s Barcelona team will work the bar in person, and the residency uses a cocktail menu created for New York in partnership with Tequila 1800. The event listing for MAD Bar also says live music will run alongside the drinks service. (timeout.com) (ma.to) Paradiso built its reputation in Barcelona with cocktails served in smoking, glowing, or otherwise theatrical presentations, and the World’s 50 Best Bars describes it as a “theatre of drinks.” That style has helped turn a local speakeasy into an international destination bar. (timeout.com) (theworlds50best.com) The timing matters because New Yorkers usually encounter bars like Paradiso by traveling to Europe or chasing one-night guest shifts. This run lasts six nights, giving the city a longer shot at a bar that was named the world’s best in 2022 and still sits in the global top five. (prnewswire.com) (theworlds50best.com) The practical details are tighter than a normal hotel-bar visit. Time Out reported a 90-minute seating limit and a $50 minimum spend, with reservations opening on April 10 through Resy. (timeout.com) (resy.com) MAD Bar is already a cocktail-and-jazz room with regular nightly programming, so the venue fits the format of a visiting bar that wants both table turnover and a performance backdrop. The lounge lists daily hours from 4 p.m. to midnight and resident jazz sets across the week. (madbar-nyc.com) (ma.to) For anyone who has seen Paradiso mostly through rankings and travel lists, the New York version is a narrower window: six nights, four hours a night, one Midtown address. After Tuesday, April 28, the bar goes back to Barcelona. (timeout.com) (ghadiscovery.com)
