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Giacosa 1815

The most famous Italian cocktail was invented in the bar whose rooms this café took over, by a count who found his usual drink too weak. Giacosa has made itself the keeper of the tale.

What it is
Café and cocktail bar
Opened
1815, in Turin: it came to Florence in 1860
Area
Via de' Tornabuoni
Nearest museum
Medici Chapels, 450 m

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    What Giacosa 1815 is known for

    1. The Negroni

      In 1919, at the Caffè Casoni, Count Camillo Negroni asked the barman Fosco Scarselli to put gin in his Americano in place of the soda. Other customers began to ask for one of Negroni's.

    2. The heir of Casoni

      Giacosa moved into Casoni's rooms on Via de' Tornabuoni in 1927 and took on its customers and its legend with them.

    3. Morning to night

      It is a pastry shop and café by day and a cocktail bar in the evening, between the shops of Via de' Tornabuoni and Via della Spada.

    What to know

    • The house was founded in Turin in 1815 and came to Florence in 1860
    • It took over the rooms of the Caffè Casoni, where the Negroni was first made, in 1927
    • The story of the count and the barman is the house's own, and is the one generally told

    Where Giacosa 1815 is

    Address

    Via della Spada 15r
    50123 Florence, Italy

    Nearest station

    Santa Maria Novella, about 550 metres away

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

    A Turin house in Florence

    By its own account Giacosa was founded in Turin in 1815 and arrived in Florence in 1860, where it became a meeting place of the city's best families. In 1927 it settled on Via de' Tornabuoni, inside what had been Casoni.

    Giacosa 1815: common questions

    Where is Giacosa 1815?
    At Via della Spada 15r, in the old centre, Florence. The nearest station is Santa Maria Novella, about 550 metres away.
    Which museums and sights are near Giacosa 1815?
    Medici Chapels is 450 m away, Florence Cathedral is 450 m away, Ponte Vecchio is 450 m away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
    What is Giacosa 1815 known for?
    The Negroni, The heir of Casoni, Morning to night. The café that keeps the story of the Negroni, mixed for the first time in 1919 in the bar whose rooms it took over.
    When did Giacosa 1815 open?
    In 1815, in Turin: it came to Florence in 1860. The house was founded in Turin in 1815 and came to Florence in 1860.

    What visitors say about Giacosa 1815

    Rating from Google

    4.7

    868 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 11 October 2026.

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