La Cieca Pink
If this were a movie, a voiceover would say: From the creators of La Cieca... comes La Cieca Pink. Enter another tiny wine bar—slightly bigger than the diminutive La Cieca—with…
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Pisacco
Pisacco is one of Milan’s best dining options, offering an affordable contemporary bistro menu with fresh and interesting food. Since the doors open at 7 p.m. but the place doesn’t…
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Vinodromo
The made-up name suggests that this place is like a velodrome, but for wine. Indeed, making the most of the experience requires proper training, since Vinodromo has more than 500…
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El Buscia
In Milanese dialect, el vin che buscia means spumante, or sparkling wine. While several Italian wine regions—from Franciacorta to Trento DOC—are particularly versed in making sparkling wines, spumanti made with…
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Cantine Isola
The Cantine Isola (cantine means “cellars”) has been open for over a century, while the area around it has changed from bourgeois neighborhood to chaotic ethnic district to its latest incarnation:…
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La Cieca
La Cieca means “the Blind,” which explains why the logo (and spirit animal) of this hole-in-the-wall enoteca close to Bocconi University is a mole. Choose from the well-curated, small list…
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Vino al Vino
The comfortable Vino al Vino doesn’t suffer from the lack of space (and sometimes air) that can make other tiny wine bars feel claustrophobic. And yet it can still feel…
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Vinoir
If it’s true that over the last few years most enoteche have jumped on the natural wine bandwagon, not many have decided to completely ban any “conventional” wines from their…
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Taglio
Part gourmet specialty store, part coffee bar, part restaurant, the versatile and friendly Taglio is open all day, from breakfast to dinner. At aperitivo, you'll find a number of quality…
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Verden
Out in deepest Clapton, Ed Wyand and Tom Bell’s Verden would not be out of place in one of Copenhagen’s hippest neighborhoods. There is a real attention to detail here,…
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