In a project Casa Batlló has described as a “remarkable rediscovery,” the back façade has been returned to its original state following a years-long €3.5 million ($4 million) initiative.

Casa Bonita first opened its doors 50 years ago, in 1974. The restaurant is known for its extravagant decor: It covers 52,000 square feet and can seat more than 1,000 people, and its 85-foot-tall ...

UPDATE Aug. 2 at 12:05 p.m.: Due to a reporting error, this story previously stated sopapillas at Casa Bonita were bottomless. The first round is free and cost $1 per four sopapillas thereafter.

In the 1950s and '60s, cross-dressers and trans women found community at Casa Susanna. Their stories are featured in a documentary on PBS.

Casa Bonita has hired security and is “committed to having 2-3 agents in an overtime capacity to manage public right of way traffic flow during initial peak times when fully open,” Alesch said ...

Last summer, I spent an entire month at Casa Susanna in the mountains and I learned to appreciate flats and no stockings when running around the property. —"Susanna Says," April 1965 ...