Acireale · Piazza Lionardo Vigo, facing the Basilica of San Sebastiano

From 4 am
to midnight,
since 1957.

Granita, brioche col tuppo and espresso while the square changes light. Scroll: a whole day at the Caffè's table, hour by hour.

Come for breakfast in front of San Sebastiano +39 095 605696

Open 04:00 – 00:00 · closed on Wednesdays

The Caffè's pastry counter, lights just switched on
The counter lights up before dawn

The city sleeps, Cipriani opens.

While San Sebastiano is still a blue silhouette, the workshop lights go on: the first espresso of the day is pulled over an empty square.

Almond granita with brioche in a basket, on the Caffè's table
Almond, cream, brioche col tuppo

Acireale's breakfast.

First light touches the baroque façade. Almond granita, cream and warm brioche reach the tables: this is the hour when the square has breakfast.

The hot-food counter with arancini and savoury snacks
Arancini and hot food, from counter to square

Noon is savoury.

The square is full and the façade takes all the light. Arancini and hot food come out of the counter: lunch standing or seated, in front of San Sebastiano.

Two granitas on the table: pistachio and almond
Pistachio and almond, the long 5 pm shadow

The afternoon tastes of pistachio.

Gelato, cannoli and seasonal granitas. The Basilica's shadow stretches across the tables and the square slows down: it is time for merenda.

The aperitivo, in front of her.

San Sebastiano's façade lights up and the tables stay out in the square. A drink, something from the counter, and the illuminated baroque as the evening's backdrop.

Closing time. The story stays.

Chairs back on the tables, the square turns blue again. Tomorrow it all starts at four — as it has since 1957. Keep scrolling: this story reached the United Kingdom.

Read the story

One granita, four hours of the day.

The flavour changes with the light on the square. Scroll.

Almond granita with brioche

In the morning

Almond

The breakfast classic, also in its toasted version.

Pistachio granita

In the afternoon

Pistachio

Green like the Caffè's awning: the flavour of merenda.

Chocolate granita with cream

With cream

Chocolate

Dense, eaten with a spoon, with or without cream.

Mulberry granita with brioche on the glass

When in season

Mulberry & red fruits

Strawberry, red fruits and flavours that follow the market.

Since 1957.

The official logo: Caffè Cipriani dal 1957
The café's official logo, since 1957.

1957

The Caffè opens in Piazza Lionardo Vigo, facing the baroque façade of the Basilica of San Sebastiano. Ever since, the day has begun at four in the morning.

2013

The new generation of the founding family — Salvo, Alessandra, Francesco and Eufelia — carries these flavours to Cambridge: Aromi is born, today with several locations in the United Kingdom, telling how the heart of the project was born in this very square. A family legacy, not a chain.

Today

The Caffè is still here, with the same green awning and the same impossible hours. Anyone looking for Acireale's granita ends up in this square, sooner or later.

Aromi's counter in Cambridge
Cambridge: Aromi's counter, born from this square in 2013.
The Aromi team in the United Kingdom
The generation that carried Acireale's flavours to the United Kingdom.
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Concept — to explore with the venue

The breakfast card.

Ten stamps, one per breakfast: the idea is that the tenth granita is on the house. This page shows it as a preview only — it is not an active feature.

Come for breakfast
in front of San Sebastiano.

Opening hours

Monday – Tuesday04:00 – 00:00
Wednesdayclosed
Thursday – Sunday04:00 – 00:00

Opens before dawn, closes at midnight.

Where and how

Piazza Lionardo Vigo 3/4
95024 Acireale (CT), Sicily
facing the Basilica of San Sebastiano

Call — +39 095 605696 Get directions Instagram — @caffecipriani1957