Taveggia 1909

Our Story

Dal 1909 i nostri pasticceri interpretano le tradizionali ricette personalizzandone il carattere e arricchendone ogni sapore. Una pasticceria regala emozioni, perché anche il gusto più delicato può riportare chiunque con la mente ad un ricordo lontano nel tempo. Prestiamo particolare cura alla selezione degli ingredienti, utilizzando solamente farina di grano tenero, lievito naturale, b***o di altissima qualità, uova fresche, frutta candita rigorosamente da mani esperte e la migliore cioccolata disponibile.

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A refined and rich history is waiting to be pampered between fragrant notes of our tea and unmistakable sweetness of our chocolate. A timeless space, ideal for any time of day.

In the end of the twentieth century that preceded the First World War, were born coffee, unaware of the impending decline, interpreted well the spirit of the time. The Taveggia, born in 1909 in Porta Venezia, with a history little known that sink in 'nineteenth century, and in 1930 moved to Via Visconti di Modrone. Renovated and refurbished by Gaetano Moretti, architect of the Odeon cinema, he was one of the prototypes of the coffee-pastry of the Milanese bourgeoisie between the two wars. It was, as they say, well attended and over the years, counted prestigious clients such as Carla Fracci, Wally Toscanini and Renata Tebaldi. The stubbornness of Viennese coffee with which preserved the original furniture, giving customers the feeling that time there you could stop.

The Taveggia was, writes John Gandini, "a rare retreat in the city, where you could write a guest appearance, have the pleasure of meeting and polite conversation, a drink at the right price. I wonder if you shall find that corner of the bar, at the bottom , with the view of those who enter. Fù there that, not just a few years ago, I saw a beautiful lady with a smiling daughter, both with blue eyes. A I married her, she could not resist the magic of Taveggia".

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