Snack Cafe di Barbieri Gessica on Modena's Via Elia Rainusso serves espresso, cappuccino and cakes to the San Faustino area on weekday mornings.
Editorially verified September 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Via Elia Rainusso 154, 41124 Modena
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.
Pasticceria Remondini has baked cakes and brioche on Modena's Largo San Giorgio since 1936, with outdoor tables for a slow sit-down morning coffee.
DrinkCappuccino and breakfast pastry
TipCustom cakes need advance ordering; the outdoor tables are the spot for a slow Sunday breakfast.
Menomoka on Corso Canalchiaro in Modena pours quality coffee by varied brewing methods, pairing marocchino and pastries with light lunch plates.
DrinkMarocchino, filter coffee
TipClosed Thursdays; the whole-grain pastries and pastrami sandwiches suit a working lunch at the counter.
