Caffè Pasticceria Stoppani in Bari has Italy’s oldest patents royal as official supplier to the Royal Household. It is issue no. 2, dated 1865. Those who obtained one could not only boast the title, but also place the Savoy crest on their packages and products.
Founded by Swiss confectioners from the Grisons, now in their fifth generation. It was here that, after Garibaldi’s exploits of 1860, the Bari plebiscite decreed the annexation of the city to the Kingdom of Italy. Illustrious guests included Kaiser Wilhelm II, Victor Emanuel III and Queen Elena, Italo Balbo, General Badoglio, Umberto Nobile, the first president of the Italian republic De Nicola, the philosopher Benedetto Croce, and the scientist Marconi. It moved from its original premises in Corso Vittorio but has lost none of its great cultural traditions.
