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Liam Hetherington
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Caffe Bar Pasticceria Barini

Caffe Bar Pasticceria Barini

Over fifty years old, the Caffe Bar Pasticceria Barini is the best of both worlds. Want somewhere traditional? The woodwork and steaming coffee machines evoke la dolce vita. Want somewhere modern? Those machines are the height of technology, and their website (www.pasticceriabarini.it) handles Internet and overseas sales. Want somewhere that caters to locals? Check out the sharply-suited patrons enjoying a stand-up shot of espresso on their way into work. Want somewhere that caters to tourists? Their delicious confections are perfect to take home as presents for friends.

Heading up Corso Porta Nuova, the cafe bar Barini is on the left, just before the Portoni della Bra. I was lured in by the hoarding outside advertising their confections, but found the place busy with local office-workers hastily downing coffees whilst they flicked through the papers. With the wooden worktop and gaggias busily percolating in their clouds of aromatic steam it looked, sounded, and most importantly "smelled" like the archetypal Italian cafe.

It was the sweets I had come in for. For the office I bought a mixed bag of 'Baci di Romeo' (kisses of Romeo) and 'Baci di Giulietta' (kisses of Juliet). These were small meringue-type affairs held together by a paste of chocolate and cream (in the case of the baci di Romeo) or chocolate and hazlenut (for the baci di Giulietta). The staff were more than happy to wrap these up in a bag for me to take back home. They sell by weight, charging €11 for half a kilo. And they did go down well in the office, the nut-free Romeos marginally better than the Juliets.

Or if you cannot make it to Verona yourself, you can place orders over the Internet on their (English) website www.pasticceriabarini.it.

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