Cafés open late in Florence

Book cafés after dark

Le Murate Caffè Letterario served breakfast, aperitivo and dinner and stayed open until 01:00 from its first season in 2011.¹ It still does, daily from 09:00. La Cité, on Borgo San Frediano, opens at 14:00 and goes on until midnight, or 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays; Romeing noted in December 2025 that it is a good place to be when aperitivo time comes round.²

In 2013 the Caffetteria delle Oblate ran non-stop until midnight from Monday to Saturday.¹ It now closes at 22:30 from Wednesday to Saturday. The same list included Meykadeh on Via dei Pepi, a book café whose bar stayed open until midnight, and the IBS bookshop on Via de' Cerretani, open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.¹

Late tables in the center

Bar Caffè Gocce's on Via Panzani, near the station, opens at 07:00 and stays open until midnight every day. Amblé, in Piazzetta dei Del Bene, serves until 00:00 from Thursday to Sunday and until 23:00 midweek. Caffè Pontevecchio, at the foot of the bridge, stays open until 23:30 Monday to Saturday.

On Via de' Ginori, La Menagere opens in the early morning and stays open past midnight.² Nobile Bistrò, on Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini, runs daily 08:00–23:00.

Sant'Ambrogio and the Oltrarno

Caffè Cibreo, on Via Andrea del Verrocchio, serves until midnight every day. It was one of the satellites Fabio Picchi built around his Cibreo restaurant, along with the Teatro del Sale, which he founded with Maria Cassi in 2003; Il Cibreino, a trattoria, was another.³ Mago Merlino Tea House, on Via dei Pilastri, opens only in the evening, from 17:00 to midnight.

In the Oltrarno, Conventino on Via Giano della Bella closes at 23:00 Tuesday to Saturday, and Mame opens for dinner from Wednesday to Saturday. Ditta Artigianale on Via dello Sprone ran a gin bar from 18:00 to midnight, with more than 150 labels, when it opened in 2016.⁴ Today it closes at 19:00.

Beyond the walls

Gamberini on Via Curtatone and Menchetti on Viale Belfiore stay open until 22:00 and 23:00. In Campo di Marte, Jazz Bistrot runs from 07:00 to 22:30, and Pasticceria Crociani on Piazza Dalmazia, in Rifredi, keeps its pastry counter open until 22:00 every day. On Viale dei Mille, La Boutique del Sud opens at 11:00 and serves until 22:30.