LUNA by Faro - Caffè Specialty

good coffee in rome exists at every corner, theoretically. in practice, you spend a lot of time sorting through the tourist-facing bars where the espresso is fine and nothing more. luna by faro on via delle quattro fontane sits in that particular stretch of rome where the baroque and the bureaucratic collide, close enough to the quirinale that the neighborhood has its own rhythm, unhurried but purposeful. faro has a reputation in this city for taking the sourcing side seriously, and luna carries that through. locals know it. if you're in the area mid-morning, that's the window, before the lunch crowd shifts the pace of the whole street.