The pedestrian area around the city centre has a dense concentration of bars and cafes that fill up in the early evening for the Catalan ritual of the vermut — a pre-dinner aperitif of vermouth with olives and anchovies. This is not a tourist performance; it is how locals use the hour before dinner.
Sabadell has a modest but real craft beer scene that emerged from the industrial brewing culture of the wider Barcelona region. Several bars near the Plaça de Sant Roc stock local small-batch beers alongside the standard Estrella Damm. The coffee in Catalan bars is reliably good — a cortado (tallat in Catalan) taken standing at the bar is the local morning ritual.