Milan — Places to eat
Walk on the cathedral roof, then aperitivo at six.
- Trattoria Milanese — Saffron risotto and ossobuco in a back-lane trattoria since 1933
- Ratanà — Modern Milanese cooking in a 1900s building; risotto leads
- Antica Trattoria della Pesa — Milan's old guard since 1880: cutlet and cassoeula
- Trippa — Bib Gourmand trattoria famous for fried tripe
- Dongiò — Spicy Calabrian cooking; a Bib Gourmand pasta bargain
- Trattoria del Nuovo Macello — The by-the-book cutlet Milan's food press ranks first
- Luini Panzerotti — Queue-worthy fried panzerotti behind the Duomo
- Spontini (Duomo) — Thick, cheese-heavy pizza slices since 1953
- Camparino in Galleria — Standing-room Campari at the Duomo since 1915
- Bar Basso — Birthplace of the Negroni Sbagliato, served in a giant glass
- MAG Café (Navigli) — Canal-side vintage cocktail bar; Navigli aperitivo done right
- Marchesi 1824 (Galleria) — Pastries in a green salon above Prada, overlooking the Galleria
- Pasticceria Cova — Since 1817: espresso at the bar on the fashion street
- Pavè (Casati) — Young bakers' brioche breakfasts; the neighbourhood queues
- Cioccolati Italiani (Duomo) — Gelato in a cone first filled with melted chocolate
- Trattoria Masuelli San Marco — Saffron risotto and cutlet in an old Sunday-closed trattoria
- Osteria del Treno — Lombard classics in a former railway canteen
- Da Giacomo — Tuscan, seafood and Milanese cutlet in one bistro
- Trattoria Arlati — A 1936 workers canteen turned neighbourhood trattoria
- Ravioleria Sarpi — Dumplings folded behind glass, eaten from a queue
- Enrico Bartolini al Mudec — Three Michelin stars on the third floor of a museum
- Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia — Ingredient-led two-star cooking from a pioneering house
- Poporoya — The oldest Japanese bar in Milan, no bookings
- Latteria San Marco — Nine tables and a menu that changes daily
- Orsonero Coffee — Specialty coffee on a Porta Venezia side street
- Loste Cafè — Bakery-café from an ex-Noma pastry chef
- Sant'Ambroeus — Milan pasticceria since 1936, known for panettone
- Frida — Courtyard bar with about 80 cocktails in Isola
- Cafezal — House-roasted specialty coffee on Via Solferino