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New York Café in Budapest

29 August 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time: 5 minutes

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Café New York is a magnificent coffeehouse from the Gründerzeit era in Budapest. In the early 1890s, the New York Life Insurance Company had a magnificent building constructed at the current address of Erzsébet körút 9–11 in Budapest’s seventh district (Erzsébetváros). The café (Hungarian: New York kávéház) was and still is located on the ground floor and basement. It opened on October 23, 1894, and survived wars and regime changes largely unscathed. After a years-long renovation hiatus beginning in 2001, the café reopened on May 5, 2006. read more…