The mosaic-fronted tearoom that was the beating heart of cosmopolitan Cairo.
Founded by the Swiss confectioner Giacomo Groppi, the landmark rotunda tearoom on Talaat Harb Square opened in 1924 and became the social heart of interwar Cairo. Renowned for its chocolates, ices, and mosaic entrance, Groppi drew royalty, writers, and officers to its gardens for decades.
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