Barack Obama and friends surprise Barcelona restaurant

A erstwhile president, a world-famous Hollywood manager and a stone euphony icon locomotion into a restaurant.

It sounds similar the setup to a joke, but unit astatine Amar edifice successful Barcelona witnessed conscionable that connected Thursday night.

Employees were near successful daze erstwhile 44th US president Barack Obama, manager Steven Spielberg and instrumentalist Bruce Springsteen walked successful unannounced.

Chef Rafa Zafra said Amar had been suggested by Spanish-American personage restaurateur José Andrés.

"They came recommended by José Andrés, who has a precise adjacent narration with Obama," Mr Zafra told Spanish radio.

Mr Zafra said José Andrés told him that the booking was important. It was past that helium realised that Mr Obama and his woman Michelle were successful the metropolis to be a Springsteen concert, arsenic was Spielberg.

Staff subordinate Pol Perello uploaded a photograph of them posing with hold unit and chefs to Instagram with the comment: "The pleasance this occupation brings you!"

"We gave them oysters, shellfish and food from Roses, my classical - the caviar bikini - a small spot of everything... and ace grateful!" Mr Zafra said.

Accompanied by information detail, the Obamas and Spielberg utilized Friday to sojourn immoderate of Barcelona's astir celebrated sights, specified arsenic the Sagrada Familia basilica and the Picasso museum.

Springsteen's E Street set began their European limb of their circuit connected Friday astatine the city's Olympic Stadium.

The erstwhile president archetypal met the stone fable connected the statesmanlike run way successful 2008. In 2021, they hosted the podcast Renegades: Born successful the USA.