Florence rewards people who choose a cafe by the hour and the address, not by the length of the queue outside. These 12 picks are arranged for that kind of planning. One counter on Piazza della Stazione never closes, a pasticceria in the 50134 opens at 06:00 six days a week, and a gelateria on Via dei Benci keeps scooping until 01:00. In between sit a coffee-and-breakfast specialist on Via dei Neri, a Sicilian address on Viale dei Mille, and a cake-and-coffee room that does not open until 12:00. Not every entry is a cafe in the strict sense: there is a grocer, a bistrot that also does pizza, and a juice bar with bagels. That is deliberate. The list is for visitors who want to know where to be at a given time of day, and what the place is honestly good for once they get there. Where the record is thin, the paragraph says so instead of filling the gap with atmosphere.
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1 shake cafe & juice bar
28/30/32 Via del CorsoBagels, sandwiches, breakfast, coffee and tea under one international label
From 08:00 to 19:00, Monday through Sunday, shake cafe & juice bar occupies three street numbers at once: 28/30/32 Via del Corso. The range is broader than the name lets on: sandwiches, bagels, breakfast, coffee and tea, filed under an international label. Skip the stand-up cornetto for one morning if what you want is a bagel and a drink that is not espresso; this is the address for it. The same hours hold on all 7 days, so a Sunday plan needs no second check. The site is shakecafe.bio, and the phone is +39 055 215952.
- sandwich
- international
- coffee shop
- breakfast
- bagel
- tea
Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-19:00
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2 Ditta Artigianale
30/32 R Via dei Neri, Firenze, 50122A record that claims only breakfast and coffee
Number 30/32 R on Via dei Neri, in the 50122, is where Ditta Artigianale opens at 08:00. The record is short and unembarrassed: breakfast and coffee, nothing else claimed. That narrowness is the recommendation. We'd walk past cafes that list everything and care about none of it; come here when the coffee is the point of the stop. Weekdays close at 19:00, while Saturday and Sunday run an hour longer, to 20:00, making the weekend the better time to linger. The house site is dittaartigianale.it.
- breakfast
- coffee shop
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa-Su 08:00-20:00
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3 Gelateria La Carraia in Santa Croce
24 R Via dei Benci, Firenze, 50122Ice cream served until 01:00
Gelateria La Carraia in Santa Croce serves from 12:00 until 01:00, so midnight is no obstacle. The listing covers ice cream and nothing else, which frames it as the last stop of an evening rather than the first of a morning; nothing happens here before noon. What this address at 24 R Via dei Benci, 50122 gives a visitor is that closing time: a cone after a late dinner, with no rush to beat the shutters. Walk past the tubs piled high for the cameras and come here instead. The house site is lacarraiagroup.eu.
- ice cream
Hours: 12:00-01:00
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4 McCafé
42 R Piazza della Stazione, FirenzeCoffee with no closing time, 24/7
The McCafé at 42 R Piazza della Stazione is open around the clock, 24/7, which means it is there for coffee when you have no business being awake. That is the whole case, and it is a real one: a coffee shop with no closing time, on a piazza whose name, della Stazione, tells you who needs it. We wouldn't make the detour at noon, when better options are nearby, but it is worth knowing before dawn with a bag at your feet, or after a night that ran long. The page for this counter sits on mcdonalds.it under store 542, and the phone is +39 055 392 1219.
- coffee shop
Hours: 24/7
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5 simBIOsi Café
64r Via dei Ginori, Firenze, 50123An Italian kitchen behind a cafe name, open 08:00 to 20:00
Two street numbers, 60r and 64r on Via dei Ginori in the 50123, belong to simBIOsi Café. It is filed as Italian, not as a coffee shop, and that is the useful thing to know: plan on eating here rather than stopping for a quick cup. The doors open at 08:00 and close at 20:00, a stretch long enough to cover breakfast through an early supper. We'd skip the laminated-menu trattorias with the queues outside; the name and the simbiosi.bio web address tell you where this kitchen's interests lie, and you can judge it on that. For a group, ring ahead on +39 055 0640115.
- italian
Hours: 08:00-20:00
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6 12oz
Piazza della Stazione, Firenze, 50123A 06:30 weekday start and a 21:00 close
By 06:30 on a weekday, 12oz on Piazza della Stazione, 50123 is already open; weekends start half an hour later at 07:00, and every day runs to 21:00. That is about as generous a spread as an early riser could ask of a café, and the listing keeps the rest plain: a café, with no further claims. If you have an early start, skip the hotel breakfast room; this is faster, and you choose what goes in the cup. Come back in the evening if the day runs long, since 21:00 is late for coffee in this city. Details are at 12ozcj.com, and the phone is +39 0552692709.
- cafe
Hours: Mo-Fr 06:30-21:00; Sa-Su 07:00-21:00
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7 La Boutique del Sud
2d rosso Viale dei Mille, Firenze, 50137A Sicilian kitchen open 11:00 to 22:30 every day
The single word on file for La Boutique del Sud is Sicilian, and the address is 2d rosso Viale dei Mille in the 50137. For a visitor who has eaten Tuscan at every meal, that is reason enough to seek out this postal area. Hours run 11:00 to 22:30, Monday through Sunday, so nobody stops by for an early espresso; this is a late-morning-onward address that carries through dinner. The kitchen has picked a region and stuck with it, which puts it ahead of the interchangeable pastry cases set out for visitors. The site is boutiquedelsud.it, and the phone is +39 055 0030150.
- sicilian
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-22:30
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8 Jazz Bistrot
100 R Via Aretina, FirenzeBreakfast pastry to evening pizza behind one door
Jazz Bistrot at 100 R Via Aretina runs from 7:00 to 22:30, covering breakfast, coffee, tea, pastry and cake, then diner plates and pizza. One address for the whole day: cappuccino and pastry early, pizza late, through the same door. We wouldn't bother with places that do one of those things grudgingly; a kitchen that keeps these hours has to mean all of them. Whether any jazz is played is not something the listing settles, so check jazzbistrot.it or call +39 055 677391 before you promise anyone music.
- breakfast
- coffee shop
- diner
- tea
- pizza
- pastry
- cake
Hours: 07:00-22:30
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9 Pasticcieria Anna
28 R Via Santo Stefano in Pane, 50134A 06:00 pasticceria breakfast, Monday to Saturday
Sunday at Pasticcieria Anna runs from 07:00 to 13:00. Monday to Saturday the doors open at 06:00 and stay open until 20:00, a baker's early start with a long afternoon attached. The address is 28 R Via Santo Stefano in Pane, 50134, and the listing covers breakfast, coffee and diner fare. Locals know to arrive at a pasticceria before the trays empty out, and the 06:00 start here rewards that habit. We'd come for breakfast, not a late snack. The shop's own site is pasticceriaannafirenze.it.
- breakfast
- coffee shop
- diner
Hours: Mo-Sa 06:00-20:00; Su 07:00-13:00
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10 Alimentari Uffizi
10r Via Lambertesca, Firenze, 50100Italian and Mediterranean food from a grocer's counter
At 10r Via Lambertesca, in the 50100, Alimentari Uffizi keeps shop hours: 09:00 to 19:00, Monday through Sunday. Alimentari is the Italian word for a grocer, and the listing reads Italian and Mediterranean, not coffee shop, so come with an appetite for food first and a drink second. A grocer's counter is the faster and more honest meal when a sit-down lunch would eat half an afternoon of a short visit. The contact on record is a phone number, +39055281089. It closes at 19:00, so plan this as a daytime stop, not an evening one.
- italian
- mediterranean
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-19:00
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11 Caffè Gilli
1r Via Roma, 50123Coffee paired with dessert
Dessert shares the billing with coffee at Caffè Gilli, 1r Via Roma in the 50123. That pairing is the reason to go: order something sweet with the cup, or you have missed the point of the address. Not worth the visit if all you want is caffeine in a hurry; any bar in town will do that faster. Give it the time a plate and a cup deserve, and sit if you can. Opening hours are not on record here, so check caffegilli.com or ring +39 055 213896 before you plan a morning around it.
- coffee shop
- dessert
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12 Rivarno
12r Lungarno delle Grazie, 50122Afternoon cake and coffee
The week at Rivarno starts on Tuesday, at 12:00. Tuesday to Thursday it closes at 18:00; Friday to Sunday it stays open to 20:00. Those are afternoon hours, and the listing matches them: cake and coffee, so this is the mid-afternoon stop, the slice and the cup that carry you from lunch to a late dinner. Find it at 12r Lungarno delle Grazie, 50122. A morning attempt will find the door shut; the place makes no pretence of being a breakfast bar. Ring +39 055 245535 to confirm before walking over.
- cake
- coffee shop
Hours: Tu-Th 12:00-18:00; Fr-Su 12:00-20:00
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