Cafe Le Blanc In Pistoia

Perfectly situated directly onto one of Pistoia’s gorgeous little piazzas, this place is significant insofar as it has a far better than average interior set up . That said, if you move to the second rear salon ( curiously the front room of this enterprise ‘decored’ in pseudo Louis 16th Century Francophile fashion with nasty cold white linear rectanglular ‘boxed’ chandeliers bearing down on you ) that hideous lighting is replaced by calming soft wall lights ..& whilst the black & white said ‘French’ decor doesn’t change-the mood certainly improves! Their great claim to fame is of course the seating outside ON the piazza itself- but here where clearly on a lovely morning/afternoon/evening it’s so utterly desirable to be seated .. alas one must run the gauntlet of the terror of second hand smoke..& my husband & myself cannot stand this. So the bizzare interior refuge is for those like us who value our health & comfort over à view of the world going by.. what a shame we’re cheated of that all over Italy-& of course all Europe too ! Our preluncheon Campari ‘cocktails (sic) weren’t that good-but at €6 each who’s complaining ? Sort of recommended- with reservations.