Libreria Berisio opened in 1956 as a secondhand and antiquarian bookshop on Via Port'Alba, the book street that runs off Piazza Dante. The shelves never left.
After dark the shop pours cocktails between them. In Your Pocket logs DJ evenings and concerts on weekends, and a piano waits in the corner the rest of the week.
Cocktails start around 4.50 euros. The room runs until 1am most nights and 3am on Saturdays.
Books floor to ceiling, worn armchairs, stools at the bar, and seven decades of shop history in the air.
The Bundle of Books review puts it plainly: a drink in one hand and a 1960s paperback in the other, with alternative music underneath.
Conservatory students from around the corner, readers in the early evening, and a dance leaning crowd when the weekend DJ sets start.
Open Monday to Friday 9:45am to 1am, Saturday 2pm to 3am, Sunday 7pm to 1am. Call +39 081 549 9090 for event nights.
Dante metro sits three minutes away; Piazza Bellini's bar cluster starts at the end of the street.
What to order
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A negroni among the shelves
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Wine by the glass, early
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Whatever the DJ night demands