Santarosa Bistrot is a cafe in San Frediano, Florence.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Lungarno di Santa Rosa, 50124 Firenze, Florence
Caffe Gilli in Florence's Piazza della Repubblica is the city's oldest cafe, opened in 1733, with the same marble counter and the original Belle Epoque.
OrderEspresso at the counter (€1.50) and a cantuccino dipped in Vin Santo.
DrinkEspresso at the marble counter
TipCounter pricing is half of table service. Open daily 07:30 to midnight; the terrace seats 60.
Rivoire in Florence has poured the city's benchmark hot chocolate at the Piazza della Signoria corner since 1872, with a chocolate-making lab in the back.
OrderThe dense hot chocolate (€7), the cioccolato fondente in winter, and any sfoglia pastry from the case.
DrinkHot chocolate
TipCounter pricing is half of table; the piazza terrace is worth the €15 minimum for the Palazzo Vecchio view.
Ditta Artigianale in Florence's Via dei Neri is Francesco Sanapo's flagship roastery and cafe, with single-origin filter coffees, espresso and one.
OrderA V60 filter from the rotating origins board, plus a brunch plate on weekends.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
TipOpen daily 08:00-22:00. The roasted-bean retail counter ships internationally.
La Menagere in Florence's San Lorenzo is the all-day concept inside a 19th-century housewares shop, with breakfast, brunch, lunch, aperitivo and live jazz.
OrderThe morning brioche and cappuccino, then aperitivo from 18:30.
DrinkAll-day espresso and aperitivo
TipOpen daily 07:00 to midnight. Live jazz Wed-Sun from 21:30 Cash or contactless, both fine.
Caffe Cibreo in Florence's Sant'Ambrogio quarter is the all-day cafe-and-bar of the Cibreo group, with a walnut counter, daily-baked Cibreo pastries.
OrderEspresso at the counter, the daily Cibreo pastry, the lunchtime small-plates board.
DrinkEspresso and Cibreo pastries
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The walnut bar seats 12; arrive at 08:00 for a stool.
Caffe Paszkowski in Florence's Piazza della Repubblica is the 1846 Polish-founded cafe that became the haunt of the early-20th-century literary set.
OrderEspresso at the bar, panna cotta in the dining room, an aperitivo Negroni on the terrace.
DrinkEspresso and panna cotta
TipOpen daily 07:00 to midnight. The terrace seats 80; live piano from 19:30 nightly.
