Bar Pasticceria Pamela is a cafe in San Lazzaro, Modena.
Editorially verified September 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Via Emilia Est 794, 41125 Modena
Parì, Caffè con Cucina, on Modena's Via Francesco Selmi serves breakfast and lunch plates, with two evening openings a week near the centre.
DrinkEspresso and avocado toast
TipIt reopens for dinner only on Wednesday and Friday evenings; the rest of the week it closes after lunch.
Snack Cafe di Barbieri Gessica on Modena's Via Elia Rainusso serves espresso, cappuccino and cakes to the San Faustino area on weekday mornings.
DrinkCappuccino and cakes
TipReviewers single out the cappuccino and cakes; it closes at 13:00 on Saturday and stays shut on Sunday.
Pasticceria Caffetteria Antica Napoli on Modena's Via Milano bakes Neapolitan pastries and pours espresso daily except Monday, south of the centre.
DrinkEspresso and sfogliatella
TipThe upstairs seating floor overlooks Via Emilia and gets busy for the Sunday morning pastry run.
Pasticceria Solmi on Modena's Via Emilia Centro serves espresso and pastries from a bar downstairs and a seating floor above, most of the week.
DrinkEspresso and sfogliatella riccia
TipThe upper-floor seating area is quieter than the ground-floor bar counter for a sit-down coffee.
Caffe dell'Orologio in Modena's Piazzetta delle Ova has served coffee since a 1787 document, a Piazza Grande fixture the city registers as historic.
DrinkEspresso at the marble counter
TipThe municipal historic-shops registry lists it among Modena's oldest bars; arrive before the aperitivo crowd for a quiet espresso.
Bar Cappuccino da Angiolina works the narrow Vicolo Forni beside Modena's Mercato Albinelli, its walls lined with photos of local Modenese icons.
DrinkCappuccino, quick lunch panini
TipIt gets packed at the Albinelli lunch rush; a mid-morning coffee is calmer than the midday panino crowd.
