Toot Farangi Cafe

Iran


Signed with a luminous strawberry, this small, bright-white cube of a coffeeshop is a good place to meet young Kordkuy locals over fresh juice, an espresso (IR40,000) or some ice cream (IR30,000). It's opposite the hospital, around 2km south of Shahrdari Sq.


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