Café Engel
Helsinki, Finland
The read// why locals go
Cafe Engel looks onto Senate Square, one of Helsinki's great architectural set pieces, and runs on coffee, pastries and a short lunch menu. The cinnamon buns are the standing order; Thursday brings pea soup, the Finnish weekly ritual that most visitors only read about. It serves the city-centre working crowd from breakfast onwards, which keeps the room busy and the food honest rather than decorative. The terrace on the square is the reason to come in summer - there is no better free view in the city. Plates land around EUR 14, which for this address is a genuine bargain.
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Aleksanterinkatu 26, 00170 — Helsinki
The read// why locals go
Cafe Engel looks onto Senate Square, one of Helsinki's great architectural set pieces, and runs on coffee, pastries and a short lunch menu. The cinnamon buns are the standing order; Thursday brings pea soup, the Finnish weekly ritual that most visitors only read about. It serves the city-centre working crowd from breakfast onwards, which keeps the room busy and the food honest rather than decorative. The terrace on the square is the reason to come in summer - there is no better free view in the city. Plates land around EUR 14, which for this address is a genuine bargain.