Caffe San Marco

An authentic Habsburg, or even Viennese-style affair in central Trieste. Doesn't look like there has been any attempt to update its look in the last 100 years, which is clearly long enough to warrant the term 'antiquated' rather than 'dated'. Mahogany features and furniture, excellent coffee, good food and wine, and such a literary atmosphere as to allude to the presence of a modern day Joyce at one of the other tables. So many cafes well worth visiting in Trieste, this is certainly one of them.