Caffè Buonamici

a slow tuesday morning in prato is a different kind of quiet, and via bettino ricasoli is a good street for it. caffè buonamici sits in a part of the city that moves at a working pace, not a tourist one, which means the coffee tends to be serious rather than decorative. you're not coming here to perform a café visit. the place is well regarded locally, which in a city this size and this particular about its coffee culture means something specific: locals chose it, kept choosing it, and didn't drift elsewhere. prato has its own textile-industry rhythms, its own lunch hours, its own relationship with the mid-morning break. this fits that. whatever you order, a cortado is a reasonable place to start.