Panne Con Carne is a friendly urban espresso bar that is situated between Aeschenplatz and Basel’s main train station (SBB). They offer Italian style bistro food, salami, salads, antipasti and they bake their own bread, pizza and focaccia as well as offering great coffee, Italian wines and a good selection of Italian premium goods to buy and take home.

My favourite lunch option are their arancini, balls of risotto rice with cheese, vegetable and cheese that have been deep fried.

For those of you who like ice cream they sell Gasparini ice creams that are hand made in Munchenstein, Baselland. If you are asking my Gasparini is a strawberry vanilla, yummy!