Pasticceria La Baita - Rivoli

you're on corso francia, cutting through rivoli in that long, straight way it does before the town opens up toward the castle hill. la baita sits at number 24, and if you're passing through on a weekday morning, this is the kind of stop that makes sense of the whole street. it's a pasticceria first, which means the coffee exists alongside proper pastry, not as an afterthought. locals here tend to take their espresso standing at the counter, the way piedmont generally prefers it, quick and without ceremony. rivoli doesn't get much tourist foot traffic compared to turin, so the place runs on its own rhythm, not anyone else's. come back around mid-morning, when the pastry case is still worth looking at and the corso outside is just starting to fill up.