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Dating back to 1845, this romantic café with its antique decor and murals is a Zurich institution well worth a visit! Whether you're looking for a simple coffee, hot chocolate, pastry, breakfast, brunch or a glass of ice cream, you're sure to find something to your taste. Depending on the weather and your mood, you can settle into one of the café's six intoxicating neo-baroque ambiances. On the first floor, the confectionery proudly displays chocolates, colorful pastries and delectable local specialties.

The former pharmacy on Zürichbergstrasse in the University and Platte district has been converted into a bar, café and tea room. The tradition of "curing ailments" is being continued by offering passers-by a place to enjoy excellent products that contribute to a good mood. From sweets to small homemade dishes without additives to take away or enjoy on the spot, the preparations are all tasty. In an industrial-urban chic setting, you can enjoy a delicious cappuccino, an Italian coffee or try the house cocktails.

It's hard not to fall in love with so many delicacies from all over Switzerland The Urban Food Store is the former Chäs Chäller grocery store, known in Zurich for thirty-five years. Regulars know the place because it's famous for its cheeses, and the welcome is friendly. Here, and nowhere else in the city, you'll find two-year-old Gruyère. A careful selection of regional products such as dried meats, veal sausages, vegan products, local beers and spirits and all kinds of souvenirs.

For over 70 years, this chocolate factory has been handcrafting its treasures. It's in the dark chocolate version that this chocolatier excels with its pralines, truffles and many other creations. The elegant boutique offers other hand-crafted treats, including delicious macaroons and a fine collection of ice creams. At Easter, bunnies and cocottes are molded the old-fashioned way, and the window displays are even more enticing.

Confiserie Teuscher has been established in Zurich for ninety years, with branches in Geneva, Berlin, the USA, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. In Storchengasse, the ancestral boutique offers an impressive selection of delicacies and the quality for which it is renowned. A chocolate lover's paradise! Tourists and locals alike appreciate the fact that it's open every day, including Sundays. Don't miss the house specialty: champagne truffles.

Mövenpick, whose slogan is "the Swiss art of ice cream", is an institution. This café, located in the modern district, welcomes you to sample its ice cream cocktails and smoothies, as well as the original flavours of its ice creams. Grapefruit, crisp espresso, walnut-maple syrup, chocolate suise and cognac are just some of the mouth-watering flavors. Taste while watching the crowds of tourists and locals pass by on one of the city's busiest sidewalks.