Café entertainment in Liguria, Piedmont & Valle D'aosta
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Caffè Torino
This chandelier-lit showpiece opened in 1903. A brass plaque of the city’s emblem, a bull (Torino in Italian means ‘little bull’), is embedded in the pavement out the front; rub your shoe across it for good luck.
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Caffè Mulassano
With dozens of customers and only four tables, the art nouveau Mulassano is where regulars sink white-hot espressos a piedi while discussing yesterday’s football scores with the bow-tied barista.
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San Tommaso 10
The Lavazza family started roasting coffee here in 1900. Now modernised, the cafe offers a staggering variety of flavours as well as an excellent restaurant; you can also buy espresso machines here.
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I Tre Galli
Spacious and rustic, this is a fabulous spot for a drink any time, but most people come for the gourmet aperitivi snacks served on a buzzing pavement terrace. Meals cost about €15.
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Caffè San Carlo
Perhaps the most gilded of the gilded, this sumptuous cafe dates from 1822. You’ll get neck ache admiring the chandeliers.
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La Drogheria
La Drogheria’s sofas are coveted by a fun, unpretentious studenty crowd enjoying cheap drinks and aperitivi fare.
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Caffè Elena
Wood-panelled cafe once patronised by Nietzsche, these days with Starck-designed chairs.
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Platti
Sweet-laden coffee, cake and liquor shop with gilded 1870 interior.
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