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Restaurants in Milan
Though many restaurants in the city centre are extravagant and not so affordable for every pocket, few cheaper places still survive from a time when the city wasn't dominated by fashion crowds and business excesses. Just outside the immediate centre, the Ticinese and Navigli areas are full of restaurants and cafés; we've also included a number of options around the Central Station and Piazzale Loreto, the area in which it is most likely you will be staying in.
Some restaurants in Milan:
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Restaurant Lacerba
4, Via Orti (00 39 02 545 5475)
Description: A unique, Futurist restaurant whose menu contains original Futurist recipes (such as fluffy rice on a bed of spinach topped with fresh peas and crushed pistachio) and whose walls show murals by Depero and Boccioni.
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Restaurant Lifegate
10, Via Orti (00 39 02 5411 6754)
Description: Whose kitchen looks directly on to the street. The inside is elegantly furnished with oversized lanterns. All the recipes, changing every month, are prepared with organic ingredients. Don't miss the mini-gnocchi with sesame and smoked trout.
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Restaurant La Cantina di Manuela
3, Via Poerio (00 39 02 7631 8892)
Description: Whose main specialties are cheese and wine. Start with a selection of goat's cheese (with a honey dressing), followed by pasta reginelle (crinkly strips) and a bottle of red Piedmont.
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Restaurant Rigolo
Largo Trevis/via Solferino (00 39 02 8646 3220)
Description: With its white linen tablecloths and ageing waiters, it looks very formal but is actually delightfully relaxed in a calm, old-fashioned way. The food is Tuscan (fresh pappardelle with wild boar), the service impeccable, and foreigners are welcomed with open arms.
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Restaurant Altro
5, Via F. Burlamacchi (00 39 02 5412 1804)
Description: In a city dominated by traditional, old-style trattorie, a handful of stylish new restaurants are making a big impact with adventurous menus and daring interiors. The centrepiece, however, is the open kitchen which has attracted rave reviews for its bold, modern presentation of Italian classics. Starters include an astonishing timballo of ricotta infused with fresh tomato essence; mains, such as tender veal medallions in a parsley and caper sauce, are simple but succulent; and the puddings are beyond reproach.
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Restaurant Eda
7, Via Filippino Lippi (00 39 02 2668 1962)
Description: A trendy new haunt nearby the Central Train Station. The interior design is a clever combination of industrial cool and contemporary chic with diners sitting at tables on three wide steps running the length of the room. Dishes include involtini of spinach and prawns, swordfish tartlet al gratin, and a glass of sweet almond milk for pudding.
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Restaurant Maxsimo
Description: Another new restaurant attracting attention is Maxsimo, a discreet, family-run establishment with a low-key atmosphere and exciting contemporary design: red-leather padded walls, translucent red lighting 'tubes' set against cream walls, white leather chairs, and a light-wood floor. On the menu, you will find potato gnochetti with asparagus and Fontina cheese; baked tuna steak in a bean-and-tomato sauce; and a sophisticated yet satisfying nut-and-honey salad.
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Restaurant L'Altra Pharmacia
3 , Via Rosmini (00 39 02 345 1300)
Description: L'Altra Pharmacia, whose cook keeps going until midnight, while most Milanese kitchens close at about 10.30 pm.It is the perfect place to drop in for a post-opera bite.
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Restaurant Cantina della Vetra
3, Via Pio IV (00 39 02 8940 3843)
Description: Who offers a fixed-price brunch menu including a generous buffet and one hot dish per person - such as tortelli, risotto or fondue.
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Restaurant El Brellin
Vicolo dei Lavandai (00 39 02 5810 1351)
Description: Who offers one of the best brunches in Milan. The setting - an ancient laundry house - is idyllic, and the buffet includes couscous with vegetables and a good green lasagne with funghi porcini.
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Restaurant Speakeasy
7, Via Castelfidardo (00 39 02 653645)
Description: A bar-restaurant with jazz portraits on the wall, a few tables outside, and a good Italian-American brunch menu including fried eggs with bacon and roast potatoes. It is located in the heart of the picturesque Brera district.
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Restaurant La Trattoria Milanese
11, Via Santa Marta (00 39 02 8645 1991)
Description: Opened in 1933 and still serving genuine Milanese food. The menu is printed using an old-fashioned typewriter and you are advised to opt for the classics: cold mini-cutlets in carpione (onion and vinegar dressing); saffron risotto with ossobuco (veal shank); and a selection of local cheeses, including the mighty Gorgonzola.
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Restaurant Trattoria Aurora
23, Via Savona (00 39 02 8940 4978)
Description: A well-established restaurant with a cosy turn-of the-century room for winter dining and a glorious garden shaded by vines for the summer. Impeccable Piedmont antipasti include roast peppers in bagna caňda and wafer-thin veal in a creamy sauce; the pasta of choice is agnolotti del plin - stuffed ravioli tossed in butter and sage; substantial secondi such as gran misto di arrosti allo spiedo (roast meat on skewers) will satisfy the heartiest appetites.
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