Caffé Al Bicerin

caffé al bicerin has been doing one thing right for a very long time: the bicerin itself, a layered drink of espresso, drinking chocolate, and cream that turin claims as its own and this place treats as something close to a civic responsibility. you won't find it executed with more seriousness than here, on piazza della consolata, a square that feels like it belongs to another century on most mornings. the standing this place has built locally isn't noise. turin is not a city that flatters mediocre coffee institutions, and al bicerin has survived long enough to become part of how the city understands itself. if you're going once, go for the bicerin, not a flat white.