In 1994, Mr. Page pleaded guilty after kicking holes in the wall of a bar in El Paso, Texas, and in 1997 he wrote a bad check in North Carolina, according to law-enforcement officials there.
El Bulli master Ferran Adria, who in 2011 opened Tickets, a tapas bar in the Sant Antoni neighbourhood, and is also home to institutions including the century-old, 14-seat Bar Pinotxo in La Boqueria market.