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Cracco
When celebrity chef Carlo Cracco closed his restaurant on Via Victor Hugo, foodies around the world mourned. During his hiatus, though, he was planning a special comeback. Within Milan’s landmark Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, he has opened a four-story paradise...
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D’O
This is one of those gourmet meccas like Noma or the French Laundry where a trip is built around a reservation but the chef behind this restaurant has a populist philosophy. It may take you months to snag a table...
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Daniel Milano
Opened in 2013 in Brera with a team of young cooks from all over the world and led by a Gualtiero Marchese-trained chef, Daniel has a huge open kitchen. In order to interact with clients the kitchen staff double as...
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Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia
A Michelin-starred restaurant that was opened by husband and wife food lovers in 1962, Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia still serves delicious food in a slightly stuffy atmosphere. The family run spot, daughter Stephanie is passionately involved, has a...
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La Scaletta
The three Teruzzi brothers run this congenial but elegant restaurant near the Porta Genova train station (it’s about a ten-minute taxi ride from such centrally located hotels as the Armani). The inspired menu, which chef Manolo Teruzzi changes often, is...
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Langosteria
Those with a craving for seafood should make a reservation at this acclaimed restaurant in the design-heavy Tortona neighborhood (home also to the MUDEC museum and such shops as Nonostantemarras and Biffi). The focus on treasures from the sea is...
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Trussardi Alla Scala
For a big night out in a sleek setting, reserve a table at Trussardi Alla Scala, where chef Luigi Taglienti puts a modern twist on traditional Italian fare. The elegant, spacious and beautiful restaurant earned one Michelin star in 2013.
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Zero Contemporary Food
This is definitely an au courant eatery favored by Milan’s Ab Fab crowd. The name–Zero–does not reflect its prices or beautiful-people rating. (It could very well be the average dress size of some of the regulars.) Although many of them...
Milan

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The saying that you “can’t have a bad meal in Italy” could not ring truer than in this Lombardy culinary Mecca. For a big night out, start at Trussardi Alla Scala for a drink, while Solferino is great for a dinner among locals. When you need a quick lunch, drop into Il Salumaio. And don’t miss aperitivi at Bamboo Bar or Ceresio 7. Read Indagare’s Top Tables Milan.
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Venice
Quiet but powerful, crumbling yet proud, Venice continues to cast a captivating spell. The moment your water taxi turns into the Grand Canal and the faded, pastel-colored palazzi rise from the lagoon like pillars of another era is always breathtaking,...
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Portofino
Fine wine, unforgettable dining, long summer days on the sea, hiking among lush flora and fauna and elegant coastal hotels where glamorous international travelers summer each year define the picturesque port town of Portofino. Located on Italy’s northwest coast, between...
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Lake Como
Described by poet William Wordsworth as a “treasure whom the earth keeps to herself,” Lake Como is the center of a region that’s both wild and civilized, decadent and low-key, enormous and intimate.