Bar Tabacchi Da Gio In Bologna

Strategic location, friendly staff and wide availability

The coffee is very good, the croissants not so good. They always try to be kind and quick despite the heavy workload. In fact, despite being a very small tobacconist, the place is always very crowded, also because it serves as a parcel drop-off and pick-up point, and so between those playing the slot machines, those buying cigarettes, those picking up parcels, and those consuming at the counter, it is almost always very crowded.

A few days ago, I went into this tobacconist's after visiting four other tobacconists in the area to find a damned €73.50 stamp for my passport. When I entered, the girl told me she only had two of them, each with a different amount, then told me she'd call her boss, since they usually only do it on the spot (I needed it within 20 minutes, since I'd wasted almost an hour going around the tobacconists, etc., and the passport wasn't scheduled until the night before). Then, at a certain point, she pulled out a stamp that had been set aside for a customer, telling me not to worry because they'd have it reissued by the afternoon for the other customer. To say I loved this girl is an understatement. She saved my passport appointment in the nick of time. Thank you so much! You're a saint!