Historic Venues — Budapest
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Central Kávéház
A grand 1887 literary coffeehouse where major figures of Hungarian letters once had their manuscripts read aloud, still serving classic Hungarian dishes and cakes.
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Gerbeaud
Budapest's most famous confectionery, an 1858 institution on Vörösmarty tér serving layered Gerbeaud slices and cakes in ornate 19th-century salons.
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New York Café
Budapest's most opulent historic café, an 1894 Italian Renaissance fantasy of gold leaf, frescoes and marble columns once favoured by the city's writers and poets.
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Ruszwurm Cukrászda
Budapest's oldest working confectionery, a tiny Biedermeier-furnished shop in the Castle District serving cream pastries since 1827.