Caffè Borsari is on Corso Porta Borsari — the Roman street axis that runs from the ancient arch to the Piazza delle Erbe — and has been serving the neighbourhood for long enough that its position on the corso feels architectural rather than commercial. The interior is the Italian café archetype correctly executed: marble counter, wood panelling, the espresso machine as the room's focal point. The coffee is short and good. The pastries are made in-house; the cornetto at the counter in the morning, with the corso outside still quiet and the Roman arch visible from the doorway, is the correct way to begin a day in Verona. The café does not perform its age; it simply operates on the assumption that it has always been there and always will be.
Città Antica, Verona, Italy