Ratanà
Cesare Battisti's modern-classic Milanese osteria
Reborn quarter under the Bosco Verticale towers, blending old trattorias with new design dining.
Isola was a working-class quarter cut off by the railway yards, now joined to the city by the Porta Nuova redevelopment and crowned by Stefano Boeri's Bosco Verticale residential towers. The result is a rare blend of old neighbourhood trattorias and record shops with a new wave of design-led restaurants and natural-wine bars. It is one of the most genuine recent transformations in the city, and a good window onto contemporary Milanese taste.
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Cesare Battisti's modern-classic Milanese osteria
An 1880 Milanese trattoria and Historic Place of Italy
Isola's 1866 trattoria with a leafy courtyard and an 800-label cellar
Luca Catalfamo's izakaya-style ramen counter in Isola
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An 1896 enoteca on Via Paolo Sarpi opening hundreds of labels by the glass
Sommelier Jacopo Ercolani's natural-wine bar in the heart of Isola
Italy's smallest gin micro-distillery with a craft cocktail bar and kitchen
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