Venues similar to La Ménagère

Francesco Sanapo's specialty-coffee roaster on the artisan left bank

Red-velvet, Pergola-theatre seats, the see-and-be-seen Sant'Ambrogio bistrot

The original 2013 specialty-coffee bar minutes from Santa Croce

1928 pasticceria-cafe with Piemontese roots near Annunziata

Florence's oldest historic cafe, founded 1733

Eclectic 13-room Oltrarno B&B of salvaged antiques and frescoes

16-room design retreat over Europe's largest private garden

Tiny Oltrarno gelateria of organic, seasonal, natural-colour gelato

Art-bookshop and vegetarian kitchen tucked behind Santa Croce

Made-in-Italy cocktail bar of all-Italian spirits, speakeasy mood

Hidden 1920s-speakeasy cocktail bar off Santo Spirito

Florence's legendary flourless chocolate cake, since the 1980s

Twenty-room townhouse hotel on Piazza Santa Maria Novella

Ferragamo-family riverside hotel with Michele Bonan's 1950s-cinema rooms