Caffe Al Bicerin ★ 4.8
Caffe Al Bicerin in Turin opened in 1763 facing the Consolata sanctuary. The house secret-recipe bicerin (coffee, chocolate, fior di latte) is the order.
Signature drink: Bicerin (coffee, chocolate, fior di latte)
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Turin lingers in over a cortado.
Where to sit and slow down
Caffe Mulassano ★ 4.7
Caffe Mulassano under the Piazza Castello porticoes in Turin invented the tramezzino in 1926. Liberty-era brass interior; 30-plus fillings still served.
Signature drink: Espresso and the tramezzino
Caffe San Carlo ★ 4.5
Caffe San Carlo opened on Turin's Piazza San Carlo in 1822 and was the first cafe in Italy to use gas light. Risorgimento patriots took their coffee here.
Signature drink: Espresso under the chandelier
Caffe Baratti & Milano ★ 4.6
Baratti & Milano in Turin opened in 1858 and moved to its Galleria Subalpina spot in 1875. Liberty art nouveau, gianduiotti, cremini, the Barattina.
Signature drink: Espresso with gianduiotti, plus the Barattina sweet
Caffe Platti 1875 ★ 4.4
Caffe Platti on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II in Turin opened in 1875. Luigi Einaudi and Pavese drank coffee here; Juventus was founded on a bench out front.
Signature drink: Espresso and bicerin
Caffe Vergnano 1882 ★ 4.3
Vergnano in Turin, founded 1882 by Domenico Vergnano in nearby Chieri. The Centro flagship pours single-origin espresso and filter; old Piedmont coffee house.
Signature drink: Espresso, single-origin filter
Gelateria Pepino ★ 4.5
Gelateria Pepino opened in 1884 on Piazza Carignano in Turin. The Pinguino, chocolate-covered gelato on a stick, was invented at the counter in 1939.
Signature drink: Pinguino (chocolate-covered gelato on a stick)
Mara dei Boschi ★ 4.6
Mara dei Boschi in Turin's San Salvario is the new-wave gelato lab; 100-plus flavours from a workshop on view. Top three on every Yelp and Gambero Rosso list.
Signature drink: Natural-flavour gelato
Guido Gobino ★ 4.7
Guido Gobino's flagship in Turin is the contemporary gianduiotto reference. The Cagliari workshop and cafe pour espresso, cremini and the small Tourinot.
Signature drink: Gianduiotto and Tourinot
Pasticceria Stratta 1836 ★ 4.6
Stratta opened on Piazza San Carlo in Turin in 1836, suppliers to the Royal House. Marron glace candied chestnuts from the basement lab, plus jellies.
Signature drink: Marron glace and espresso