Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Reservations are required for most popular restaurants and essential for top-end estab-
lishments.
Latteria di San Marco
( 02 659 76 53; Via San Marco 24; meals €18-25; 7-11pm Mon-Fri; ; Moscova)
If you
can snare a seat in this tiny and ever-popular restaurant, you'll find old favourites like
spa-
ghetti alla carbonara
mixed in with chef Arturo's own creations, such as
polpettine al li-
mone
(little meatballs with lemon) or
riso al salto
(risotto fritters) on the ever-changing,
mostly organic menu.
TRATTORIA
€
Trattoria da Pino
( 02 7600 0532; Via Cerva 14; meals €20-25; noon-3pm Mon-Sat; San Babila)
In a city full
of models in Michelin-starred restaurants, working-class da Pino's offers the perfect anti-
dote. Sit elbow-to-elbow at long cafeteria-style tables and order up bowls of
bollito misto
(mixed boiled meats), handmade pasta and curried veal nuggets.
MILANESE
€
Luini
PASTRIES & CAKES
€
(
www.luini.it
;
Via Santa Radegonda 16; panzerotti €2.50; 10am-3pm Mon, to 8pm Tue-Sun; ;
Duomo)
Panzerotti
is Milanese for yummy at this historic purveyor of pizza-dough pastries
stuffed with cheese, spinach, tomato, pesto and prosciutto.
Trattoria del
Nuovo Macello
( 02 5990 2122;
www.trattoriadelnuovomacello.it
; Via Cesare Lombroso 20; meals €28-50;
noon-2.15pm & 8-10.30pm Mon-Fri, 8-10.30pm Sat)
A real Milanese will tell you that those thin,
battered 'elephant ears' that currently masquerade as
cotoletta alla Milanese
(Milanese
schnitzel) are a poor imitation of the real deal. For authentic Milanese
cotoletta
take a taxi
ride out to the old meat district, Nuovo Macello, where you'll be presented with a thick,
juicy slab of veal on the bone, cooked slowly to perfection in butter.
MILANESE
€€
Al Bacco
MILANESE
€€
