La Casa del Caffè Tazza d'Oro

tazza d'oro has been doing one thing longer than most coffee bars in rome have existed: pulling espresso that locals actually return for. via degli orfani puts you a short walk from the pantheon, which means the area absorbs a lot of tourist traffic, but this place has never seemed to orient itself around that. the crowd it keeps tends to know what it wants. if you're somewhere near campo marzio and need coffee you can count on, this is the address. skip the impulse to linger over a menu. come for the espresso, drink it at the bar the way romans do, and leave before the mid-morning rush thickens along the orfani.