In this caffé you can really say that in the years between the late 19th and early 20th centuries a true “concert of friendships” was created as remembered by the plaque placed in 1958 by the owners at that time, Angelo Ricci and Fernando Pieri:

THIS CAFFÉ IN WHICH THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE RISORGIMENTO
ECHOED WELCOMED AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR CENTURY POETS WRITERS AND ARTISTS FRIENDS OF THE GROCER PATRON OF THE ARTS ALFREDO CASELLI SUCH AS GIOVANNI PASCOLI GIUSEPPE GIACOSA ALFREDO CATALANI GIACOMO PUCCINI PIETRO MASCAGNI LIBERO ANDREOTTI AND LORENZO VIANI

Amphitryon and promoter of the harmonic concert was Alfredo Caselli, an amazing figure, generous friend and learned confidant of great artists, as well as being a grocer. His figure, to whom in the 1930s the new owner Giulio Di Simo entitled an award for literature, the visual arts and music, awaits a just revaluation.