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Top 10 Pubs, Cafés and Bars

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1. L’Enotecantina

Perfect mix of tradition and modernity at this large, relaxed wine bar. Recently, they’ve added outdoor tables for enjoying their fine pastas and pizzas.
2. Gilda

Rome’s most central disco has remained popular for years, with a pizzeria in the evening and dance music cranking up at midnight. High cover charge on weekends, but always an A-list crowd.
3. Antico Caffè Greco

Rome’s premier literary café since 1760, best known for its popularity with the 19th-century English Romantic poets.
4. Birreria Viennese

A little bit of Bavaria right near the Spanish Steps, complete with wood benches, pretzels and litre-sized mugs of beer.
5. The Victoria House Pub

Every British ex-pat seems to have adopted this Victorian-style pub as his or her own, lending it an air of authenticity.
6. Nag’s Head

Self-styled “Scottish pub” with an occasional DJ and, Monday to Wednesday, live music.
7. Caffè Rosati

Art Nouveau rival to the right-wing Canova across the piazza, this has long been the haunt of left-wing intellectuals.
8. Caffè Canova

The right-wing bastion in the long-standing Piazza del Popolo café war, with cheaper espresso , better ice cream and a restaurant upstairs (the Rosati is more stylish, though).
9. Shaki

Post-Modern wine bar serving salads and sandwiches with a few tables outside. They also have a very good speciality foods store at Piazza di Spagna 65.
10. Babington’s Tea Rooms

Good for a very pricey spot of tea and other daintily British edibles. Opened in 1893 by a Derbyshire lady, it was the ex-pat hub of the later Grand Tour era.