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Saturday, December 10, 2022

COFFEE BEANS & BEINGS / CAFÉ PARA LLEVAR

Actress Alexandra Jimenez, who is taking a short break from planning her future, is about to enter her past.

A celebrated short film about lost love and letting go 

From NITVShorts Network Ireland Television (NITV) is a distribution company based in Dublin, Ireland, bringing you a selection of the world's finest award-winning short films, exclusively distributed and licensed by NITV. 

Before she enters the cafe, her past is sitting behind the window at left.

The film
. Coffee to Go is filmed in Barcelona and released in 2014. It is an award-winning film about a woman distracted with planning her wedding, who has an unexpected and fateful meeting in a coffee shop with someone from her past. Excellent writing, directing (Patricia Font), acting and cinematography. CLICK HERE. 


The café
. A Modernist facade of 1908, more than 100 years of history, El Sortidor reborn under the name of El Sortidor de la Filomena Pagès and it is a great success. 

 Located in the Poble Sec neighborhood, the decor has not changed - fortunately - but in the kitchen the young chef David Sanmartin passed by the "Escuela de Hostelería de Barcelona" now shows a menu of « cocina barcelonesa y del barrio » (typical cuisine of Barcelona and market). 

You can have dishes, small dishes as well as tapas. The tradition is revisited with talent and modernity: Mussels (6.4 €), marinated tuna (€ 9.6), spinach maki (6.8 €), sausage and beans (8.5 €). El Sortidor de la Filomena Pages Placa del Sortidor, 5, 08004 Barcelona, Spain. 



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