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plotted revolutions and the Count of Cavour deftly played whist. The bittersweet hot
chocolate ain't bad either.
Al Bicerin
CAFE, CHOCOLATE
(Piazza della Consolata 5; 8.30am-7.30pm Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri, 8.30am-1pm & 3.30-7.30pm Sat &
Sun)
Established in 1763 beneath a 14th-century bell tower, this cafe takes its name from
bicerin,
a caffeine-charged hot drink of chocolate, coffee and cream. Tasting one is a Tor-
inese rite of passage.
Mood
(
www.moodlibri.it
; Via Battisti 3e; cafe 8am-9pm Mon-Sat, bookshop 10am-9pm Mon-Sat)
Are you
bluesy, deflated, in dire need of a caffeine injection? Any mood suits this coffee
shop-cocktail bar-bookshop combo, as long as you can find room among the wilting
shoppers and students flicking through Dante. The interior's slavishly hip, all polished
concrete and shiny laminate.
CAFE
Società Anonima
(Via Pietro Micca 12; 7am-11pm; )
More cool-contemporary than stuffy-traditional, SA's
clientele is all-over-the-map, rather like its eclectic furniture which doffs a libertine cap to
every genre from Louis XV to Ikea. Working stiffs drop by for a breakfast cappuccino;
live DJs rock the rafters after 9pm.
BAR, CAFE
Pastis
WINE BAR
(Piazza Emanuele Filiberto 9; 9am-3.30pm & 6pm-2am)
This boldly painted cafe-bar is where
Torinese office workers go for a two-hour lunch break - spicy meatballs with an obligat-
ory glass of wine.
La Drogheria
(
www.la-drogheria.it
; Piazza Vittorio Veneto 18; 10am-2am)
Occupying the space of an old
pharmacy, La Drogheria's sofas are coveted by a studenty crowd who enjoy cheap drinks
and
aperitivi
fare before hitting the Murazzi nightlife.
BAR
