Set in a one-time butcher’s shop, this cool, bustling neighbourhood cafe-bar rents out a collection of five cheerful little upstairs rooms, each named and decorated after a fruit-based liquor. Book ahead online; it fills up fast. The cafe-bar (open 8am or 9am to midnight daily) is grand for a coffee, beer or brunch.
Kafischnaps
Zürich
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