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Famous Roasted Coffee Houses

Roasted coffee houses in Europe have a long and illustrious history. They’re places where great intellectuals, painters, writers, filmmakers and other artists met to discuss groundbreaking ideas. Here are our top five famous coffee houses.

1. Café de Flore, Paris – Situated in the Saint-Germain-Des-Prés district of Paris, this café was a hotspot for thinkers in the early twentieth century and was frequented by the likes of Apollinaire, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, Giacometti, Hemingway and Picasso.

2. Caffé Greco, Rome – Caffé Greco opened in 1760 and is just a stumble away from the Spanish Steps. It was particularly attractive to musical types: Wagner, Mendelssohn and Liszt all drank their coffee here.

3. Café Central, Vienna – Café Central opened in 1860 and quickly became known as the “Chess School” because many regulars were chess players, one of them being the Russian revolutionary Leo Trotzky.

4. Café Slavia, Prague – Opening in 1863 and located directly opposite the National Theater, this coffee house is today popular with members of Praque’s acting community.

5. Café New York, Budapest – Café New York, which opened in 1894, is the Hungarian capital’s oldest coffee house. It was destroyed in World War II but was restored to its former glory in 2006, and is once again a thriving coffee club.

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Posted on: Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at 11:01 am

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