Where to eat in Milan

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Milan, Italy that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

Luini — Panzerotti, Duomo (1). Order the Panzerotto mozzarella-pomodoro. Fried panzerotti feeding Milan's lunch rush since 1949.
Ratanà — Modern Milanese, Isola / Porta Nuova (3). Order the Risotto giallo + mondeghili. Milanese classics with a modern hand, in a railway-era villa.
Bar Basso — Cocktail bar, Città Studi (2). Order the Negroni sbagliato. Birthplace of the Negroni Sbagliato, giant glasses included.
Piz — Pizza, 5 Vie / Duomo (1). Order the Margherita. Three pizzas, free prosecco while you wait, permanent line.
Pavé — Pastry / café, Porta Venezia (1). Order the Brioche + cappuccino. The lievitati that changed Milanese breakfast.
Antica Trattoria della Pesa — Milanese, Porta Garibaldi (3). Order the Risotto alla milanese + ossobuco. Risotto and ossobuco under 1880s wood panels.
Trattoria Masuelli San Marco — Milanese-Piedmontese, Porta Romana (3). Order the Cotoletta alla milanese. One family since 1921 — the cotoletta arrives on the bone.
Camparino in Galleria — Aperitivo bar, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (2). Order the Campari seltz + stuzzichini. The Campari house bar since 1915 — aperitivo ground zero.
La Latteria San Marco — Home cooking, Brera (2). Order the Riso al salto + whatever Arturo says. Ten tables, no reservations, Arturo's pans — a Brera legend.