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
The residential-chic quarter south of Porta Nuova around Corso Re Umberto and Via Pietro Micca, with bourgeois trattorias, Caffe Platti, Stratta and Sunday-lunch institutions.
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
Pfatisch on Via Sacchi in Turin has baked since 1915, in its Pietro Fenoglio Liberty rooms since 1921. Suppliers to the Royal House, Pavese was a regular.
Worth the queue: Bonet, marron glace, gianduiotti
Caffe Platti's patisserie counter in Turin has baked since 1875. Bicerin and pasta di mandorle behind the Liberty windows; one of the Locali Storici.
Worth the queue: Bicerin and house pasta di mandorle
Mercato di Crocetta in Turin's bourgeois Crocetta quarter is the city's chicest open-air market. About 200 stalls, mornings only, Saturday is busiest.