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CaféLiberta
Bar Alba on Piazza Don Bosco in Palermo since 1955 is the city's reference cafe-pasticceria for breakfast, granita with brioche col tuppo and afternoon.
DrinkEspresso, granita di mandorla
TipGranita di mandorla con brioche is the Palermitan summer breakfast. Cannoli filled to order.
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CaféAlbergheria
Pasticceria Cappello on Via Colonna Rotta is home to the Sicilian Setteveli, Palermo's defining seven-veil chocolate cake refined by Salvatore Cappello AMPI.
DrinkEspresso with Setteveli
TipSetteveli single slice with espresso. Closed Monday. Second branch on Via Nicolo Garzilli 19.
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CaféLiberta
Stancampiano on Via Notarbartolo in Palermo's Liberta is the city's reference granita-and-brioche counter, three generations of family operation.
DrinkGranita di mandorla, brioche col tuppo
TipBrioche col tuppo with granita di mandorla or pistacchio is the Palermitan summer breakfast.
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CaféAlbergheriaWork-friendlyWifi
Moltivolti's daytime cafe-coworking room on Via Puglia in Palermo's Ballaro serves espresso, North African and West African tea alongside Sicilian breakfast.
DrinkEspresso, Senegalese karkade
TipCoworking by day, restaurant by night. Karkade tea is the unusual order; the courtyard seats fill first.
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CaféLoggia
The dolceria inside the Santa Caterina d'Alessandria monastery off Piazza Bellini in Palermo serves convent-recipe Sicilian sweets with espresso.
DrinkEspresso, granita di gelsi
TipEntrance is on Via Discesa dei Giudici 33, behind the Piazza Bellini facade. Granita di gelsi (mulberry granita) is the summer order with cannolo.
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CaféPoliteama
Bar Touring on Via Ruggero Settimo in Palermo's Politeama is the working-Palermitan morning cafe, espresso al banco, cassatina and arancina.
DrinkEspresso, cassatina
TipArrive 07:30-09:30 for the local crowd. Espresso al banco one euro.