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The Best Bars in Florence

Florence is where the Negroni was born, and its best bars sit within walking distance of each other in the historic center. The best bars in Florence start at Locale Firenze on Via delle Seggiole, 33rd on The 50 Best Bars 2026 and 21st on the inaugural Europe's 50 Best Bars, where grand stone arches and candlelight frame a low-waste menu built on local produce. Gucci Giardino 25 on Piazza della Signoria, No. 91 on The 50 Best Bars 51-100 list for 2026, is an all-day café and cocktail bar led by Martina Bonci, with lower-alcohol drinks and Tuscan ingredients. Giacosa, which tells the story of Count Negroni's order for gin in his Americano, now pours its Negroni twists on Via della Spada. Santa Cocktail Club on Piazza Santa Maria Novella makes its own fruit and flower reductions with no plastic, and La Ménagère on Via de' Ginori hides a club below its restaurant. Locale takes no bar reservations and suggests smart casual dress. These are the bars we would start with.

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  1. Locale Firenze
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    Locale Firenze

    Locale pours inside Palazzo Concini, a palace whose bones date to the 1200s and whose basement arches may be Roman, the 'Labo-ttega' bar lab is tucked into that medieval underbelly. Bar manager Fabio Fanni's program is low-waste classics-with-a-twist built on seasonal produce and modern technique; the 2026 menu names its drinks after Italian hand gestures. No. 33 on The 50 Best Bars 2026 (No. 22 in 2025) and No.21 in Europe for 2026. No bar reservations, walk in.

    Order thisFogliagin, hemp, mint, basil, lemon
    Via delle Seggiole 12r, 50122 Firenze
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  2. Gucci Giardino 25
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    Gucci Giardino 25

    Gucci's all-day café-bar on Piazza della Signoria opened in 2022 in a space once occupied by a florist, the interior still nods to it, with head mixologist Martina Bonci building inventive, visually striking drinks with and without alcohol. Part of the Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura family, it placed No.29 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026. Order the Mémoire di Negroni (€21). It sits at No. 91 on The 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026, after No. 99 on the 51-100 list in 2025.

    Order thisMémoire di NegroniBitter Bianco Luxardo, Martini Riserva Ambrato, Gin Arte, yuzu sake, grapefruit bitters, butterfly flower
    Piazza della Signoria 37r, 50122 FirenzeDaily 10:00-00:00 (cocktails from 12:00)
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  3. Giacosa
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    Giacosa

    Via de' Tornabuoni, Florence
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  4. Santa Cocktail Club
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    Santa Cocktail Club

    Founded at the end of 2019 and grown within three years into four venues, Florence, Rome, Venice and Villa Cora, Santa Cocktail Club is Giulio Fratini's soft-lit room on Piazza Santa Maria Novella, with bar manager Simone Covan running a laboratory-style drinks program and executive chef Massimo Scervino's kitchen blending tradition and experimentation.

    Piazza Santa Maria Novella 3, FirenzeMon-Sat 18:30-02:00, Sun 17:30-01:00
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  5. La Ménagère
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    La Ménagère

    Founded in 1896 as Florence's house of household wares and revived on the original Via dei Ginori premises in 2015, La Ménagère is a concept space, restaurant, bistrot, flower boutique and live-music room with grand piano, where the day runs from coffee and baked goods to evening cocktails designed by Luca Cinalli, paired with the chef's creative tapas.

    Via de' Ginori 8r, Firenze
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