Manifattura is a speakeasy in Centro Storico, Florence.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Ask the bartender to walk you through the amaro flight; the menu is a starting point. The Negroni built here references the cocktail's Florentine origin a few hundred metres away.
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Address: Piazza di San Pancrazio 1R, 50123 Firenze, Florence
Crisco Club has run on Via Sant'Egidio behind Piazza Santissima Annunziata for more than two decades as Florence's main gay cruise and fetish room, with themed nights including Naked-Jockstrap, a dark room, a late dance floor and a programme that runs Monday through Saturday.
TipClosed Sundays; weekend programming pushes past 04:00 and the room peaks after 01:00. Tessera at the door, leather and fetish dress codes for themed nights.
Piccolo Cafe has run a small pink-and-purple cocktail room a corner from the Basilica di Santa Croce since 1994, with a long-time queer regulars crowd, sidewalk seating spilling onto Borgo Santa Croce and a chatty after-work to late-night cadence.
TipTuesday through Saturday only; closed Sunday and Monday. The sidewalk is the room past 22:00 when the weather holds.
Queer has run on Borgo Allegri a few steps from Piazza Santa Croce for around a decade as a stylish LGBTQ-friendly cocktail and pop room, programming themed weekends including karaoke and drag alongside an affordable cocktail list and a small kitchen for late plates.
TipClosed Mondays; the Friday and Saturday late slots run to 02:00 with pop and house. Drinks sit around 8 to 10 euros, cheaper than the central tourist strips.
Vineria Sonora opened on Via degli Alfani behind the Duomo in 2018 as a natural-wine room paired with a chosen vinyl rotation, with shelves stacked with records, an 81-producer organic and biodynamic wine list and a Tuesday programme that brings a winemaker into the room each week.
TipSister shop Lato B across the street stocks the records, food and wine to take home. The Tuesday winemaker night is the deepest cellar dive; reservations advised on weekends.
The Club is the basement listening room beneath La Ménagère on Via de' Ginori, with a bartender-led cocktail programme, an English library, a billiard table and a small stage that runs live music several nights a week alongside a compiled vinyl rotation.
TipThe upstairs cafe and flower shop run all day; The Club is the after-dinner room from 22:00. Reservations are essential for live music slots since the basement seats only about forty.
Combo Social Club runs an east-side cultural space on Via Mannelli near the Campo di Marte station, programming live music sets, vinyl DJ nights, themed evenings such as Notte Blu and Outer Space Live, alongside a daytime cafe and a programme of courses and workshops.
TipMembership at the door is the standard entry; the DJ programme leans toward techno and electronic weekends, with live music midweek. Reservation via WhatsApp on +39 353 408 2377.
