City Gallery Project

Cafeneaua Veche which basically translates to “The Old Coffee House” is the oldest coffee shop in Bucharest, Romania’s capital city, dating back to 1781 and being first mentioned in official documents in 1812. It can be found in Saint Anton Square on Covaci Street, Nr 16, in Bucharest’s picturesque historical center. The first mention of this charming coffee house comes in 1781, when an Armenian called Strefan Altintop receives permission from the ruler of Wallachia, Alexandru Ipsilanti to build a coffee house in the immediate vicinity of Wallachia’s Royal Court, located in the northern part of Saint Anton Square, for…