3 long-established cafes in Ginza offering elaborate menus
Ginza is filled with brand shops with a sophisticated atmosphere. However, if you stroll in Ginza, you will also find many long-established shops. For example, cafes allowing you to feel history. Ginza is said to be a birth city of a cafe where anyone feel free to enjoy coffee. So, there are lots of cafes making you feel as if the time is frozen. Why not have a relax time while enjoy elaborate coffee and light meals?
This time, we’re going to introduce 3 long-established cafes around Hotel Gracery Ginza.
“AMERICAN” featuring exquisite handmade sandwiches
“AMERICAN” whose the green roof stands out is a stylish cafe with 35 years of history. Their sandwiches made with handmade ingredients and fluffy thick‐sliced white bread are so famous that there is a long line at lunchtime. Their egg sandwich is the most popular, but you can try various kinds of other ingredients such as hamburg steak and roasted chicken. In addition, you can also buy sandwiches at the counter for takeout.
Opening Hours | 8:00AM – 10:30AM/12:00PM – 3:30PM (Closed as soon as bread runs out) Closed on weekends and holidays |
Address | 4-11-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Prefecture |
Access | A 10-min walk from the hotel |
URL | https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1301/A130101/13051375/ |
“Tricolore” looking like it came straight out of an old movie
Opened in 1936, a cafe “Tricolore” is full of a retro atmosphere. To our surprises, the entrance is a wooden revolving door. Stepping into the cafe, you can find interiors such as chandeliers and red velvet and feel like as if you’re in a Western‐style building where aristocrats live. The recommended menu is a set of eclair and antique blend coffee. After receiving your order, they grind coffee beans and nel drip (extracting method with cloth filter) them, so you can taste the rich flavor of coffee.
Opening Hours | Weekdays: 8:00AM – 8:30PM Weekends&Holidays: 8:00AM – 9:30PM Open all year round |
Address | 5-9-17 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Prefecture |
Access | A 3-min walk from the hotel |
URL | http://www.tricolore.co.jp/ginza_trico/ |
“CAFE PAULISTA” which gave rise to a coffee boom in Japan
CAFE PAULISTA is an old cafe contributed in spreading Brazilian coffee all over Japan since it was opened in 1910. It was said that 4,000 cups of coffee were drunk by people at the time of founding. Einstein, John Lennon and famous Japanese novelists such as Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Ogai Mori visited this cafe, too! Their Mori (Forest) no Coffee made with only ripe beans grown without agricultural chemicals and chemical fertilizer is exquisite. This coffee is highly rated by Brazilian cup tasters.
Opening Hours | Mon-Sat: 8:30AM – 9:30PM Sun&Holidays: 11:30AM – 8:00PM Open all year round (Except New Year’s Holiday) |
Address | 1st floor of Nagasaki Center Building, 8-9 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Prefecture |
Access | A 3-min walk from the hotel |
URL | http://www.paulista.co.jp/ |
Base of this trip
Hotel Gracery Ginza
3-min walk from Ginza station on the Ginza line / 8-min walk from JR Yurakucho and Shinbashi station