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you can avoid his bad luck by grinding your heel into the testicles of the mosaic bull
on the floor and spinning backwards three times.
Eating
7
Ristorante da Giacomo
€€
SEAFOOD
This classy Tuscan restaurant, with its sage-green panelling and embossed wallpa-
per, serves an accomplished menu focusing on fish and shellfish. Start with a com-
plimentary sardine and caper pizza and follow with the crab linguine and lang-
oustine with cherry tomatoes. Truffles and porcini also feature in season.
(
02
7602 3313;
www.giacomomilano.com
;
Via Pasquale Sottocorno 6; meals €30-40;
9, 23)
8
Cantina di Manuela
€€
ENOTECA
A wine bar with an impressive kitchen focusing on cured meats, succulent
Fiorentina steaks and cutlets. Locals also come after work to pick up a bottle of
wine or share a generous platter of goat's cheese, honey and
mostarda
over a glass
while their kids munch on bread and draw.
(
02 7631 8892;
www.lacantinadimanuela.it
;
Via Poerio 3; meals €25-35;
11am-1.30am Mon-Sat;
9, 23)
9
Trattoria da Pino
€
MILANESE
In a city full of models in Michelin-starred restaurants, working-class da Pino's of-
fers the perfect antidote. Sit elbow-to-elbow at long cafeteria-style tables in the
rust-red dining room and order up bowls of
bollito misto
(mixed boiled meats),
handmade pasta and curried veal nuggets.
(
02 7600 0532; Via Cerva 14; meals €20-25;
noon-3pm Mon-Sat;
San Babila)
