Caffe Centrale

Great place to go for your morning coffee and crossaint and visit with the locals! It’s all great anytime of the day!

There is absolutely no shortage of Bars/​cafes in Soriano. You can hardly walk 50 steps without hitting one, but as the name suggests, this is the «Central» café in town, smack dab in the middle of the main piazza.
It has been here as long as I can remember, and I go back 30 years here. It was once known simply as «The Beatles Bar» (A little stab at the fact that the former owners were quite bald).
What makes this place so great is the outdoor seating. They have quite a few tables with umbrellas in the piazza, making this a fantastic place to have drinks and people watch in good weather.
Note: The Gelato shop (Dolci e Delizie) next door is owned by the same people, so if you simply want a Gelato, you are always welcome to use the café tables, even if you only get gelato next door without feeling like you are being rude.

Bars in Italy are plentiful. Just in the main piazza here in Soriano, there are four. People in town like to choose one, and will refuse to go to any other one. I’ve chosen two. This is one of them.
My grandpa used to sit outside of this bar every day and just watch the day go by, you could always count on him being in his usual chair drinking espresso, and smoking a cigarette with a newspaper in hand. If you go to really any bar in piazza, you will see tons of old guys doing just this.
The pastries here are really great, and the coffee is, too. They do have soymilk, which is hard to come by in Italy.
A few words for english speakers and Starbucks aficionados:
Latte: means milk, not coffee and milk. If you want coffee and milk, order «Café Latte»
Café: is going to just be a shot of espresso
Cappuccino: usually only enjoyed during morning hours, but it is what you think it is.
This place also has sandwiches, so if you want a quick bite for lunch, you can absolutely stop here.