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(Via dell'Oriulolo 5r; 10am-3am Mon-Sat)
A lively student crowd packs out this young, fun,
colourful address with wooden benches tucked outside in a covered alleyway. The kitchen
is Mexican.
Cafes
Cafes are a dime a dozen in Florence. Prime squares to sit and people-watch from a pave-
ment terrace are Piazza della Repubblica, Piazza Santo Spirito and Piazza della Signoria.
A coffee taken sitting down at a table is up to four times pricier than one drunk standing
up at a bar: a cappuccino costs around €1.40/5.50 standing up/sitting down and a hot
chocolate €2.50/6.
Le Renaissance Café
(Piazza Strozzi; 9am-8pm Fri-Wed, to 11pm Thu)
Soul-soaringly high-vaulted ceiling, sleek
black Panton chairs and exquisitely low drink prices seduce a mixed crowd at this artsy
hangout in Palazzo Strozzi on Florence's most designer-chic street. It's run by the same
team as Caffè Giacosa of Roberto Cavelli fame across the road, and the chocolate-swirled
cappuccino (€1.40 sitting down) is among the best in town.
CAFE
CAFE
Gucci Museo Caffè
(Piazza della Signoria 10; meals €25; 10am-11pm; )
Everything from the crockery to G-
shaped sugar 'cubes' might be emblazoned with the Gucci monogram. But over-zealous
branding aside, this smart, laid-back cafe is one of the city's hippest places to hang over
coffee, lunch,
aperitivo,
newspapers, design books or inhouse iPads. A huge table hooked
up with plugs makes it a laptop-user favourite.
CAFE
Procacci
(
www.procacci1885.it
; Via de' Tornabuoni 64r; 10am-8pm Mon-Sat)
The last remaining bastion
of genteel old Florence on Via de' Tornabuoni, this tiny cafe was born in 1885 opposite an
English pharmacy as a delicatessen serving truffles in its repertoire of tasty morsels. Bite-
sized
panini tartufati
(truffle pâté rolls) remain the thing to order, best accompanied by a
glass of
prosecco.
CAFE
Cuculia
