Food & Drink Historic Cafes in Italy

[Pauline]

There is a good list of historic cafes in Italy in this month's newsletter from Summer in Italy:

The Summer In Italy Newsletter: Historic Cafes, Italy's Oldest Winery

Newsletter about Historic Cafes and Italy's Oldest Winery

www.summerinitaly.com

 

[JMichael]

I love this line in the the article: "Caffe Florian, the grand dame of Italian coffee houses. It's the kind of elegant that makes you sigh." We spent a leisurely lunch there in October, listening to the orchestra and basking in the ambiance of Piazza San Marco. I still sigh just thinking about it.

 

[NoSpin]

Turin Al Bicerin. A stalwart in Torino since 1763 (!) the chocolatier and coffee house bears lead-glass store front windows outside, and warm wood like an old world pub inside, with bistro marble-top tables. Classy without fussy. To Try: the Bicerin, invented here -rich Torino chocolate meets coffee and cream. Piazza della Consolata.

We spent several days in Turin 2 years ago, we went there every day for "the Bicerin"!

 

[Sara]

I would also add "Caffè Pedrocchi" in Padua, which is really famous. In Veneto we call it "il caffè senza porte", literally "the cafè without doors", as it used to be open night and day. Many artists and intellectuals met there.