Pasticceria Sissi is a bakery restaurant in Porta Venezia, Milan.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: A 1950s neighbourhood pasticceria at Piazza Risorgimento the locals have kept to themselves; no social presence and the prosciutto-stuffed brioche sells out before tourist hours.
Tip: The savouri brioche with prosciutto crudo is the order; arrive before 07:30 on weekdays.
Guided tour · 2 hours
Unleash your creativity in a candle-making workshop. Craft your own candles using natural wax and high-quality fragrances, and take home your creations as a souvenir.
3 hours
Cook in a real Milanese home with a true Italian chef and enjoy a fully private experience. Choose the menu you want to prepare, pasta, risotto, pizza, or dessert, 100...
3h 30m
Cook in a real Milanese home with a true Italian Chef and enjoy a fully private experience. Pick the menu you want to prepare, pasta, risotto, pizza, or dessert, and ...
Address: Piazza Risorgimento 6, 20129 Milano
Vinoir is a wine bar room in Navigli. Ask what the producer left behind; there are usually unlisted bottles from importers who stopped by that week.
Why locals goThe first natural-wine bar in Milan opened in 2012 on Ripa di Porta Ticinese with no sign; the canalside terrace fills with producers in town for Vinitaly.
TipAsk what the producer left behind; there are usually unlisted bottles from importers who stopped by that week.
Stadera is chef Aldo Ritrovato's contemporary deli at Largo della Crocetta, a former post-war salumeria serving Campanian home cooking at the counter.
Why locals goA narrow counter-and-shelf room at Largo della Crocetta that began life as a post-war salumeria; chef Aldo Ritrovato cooks Campanian-rooted plates to eat on a stool or take away.
TipOpen Tuesday to Saturday with continuous service from 11:30 to 23:00; the deli counter is the cheap route, the kitchen menu the fuller one.
Levino Milano on Via Pietro Custodi serves the seafood cooking of the Abruzzo coast inside an early 1900s palazzo near Porta Romana, with a sommelier's list.
Why locals goTucked into a side street off Via Col di Lana in an early 1900s palazzo, Levino cooks the seafood of the Abruzzo coast, a cuisine almost absent from Milan, in a velvet-lined salon.
TipClosed Sunday; Monday is dinner only. The owner's family trade comes from San Vito Chietino, and the bocconotti filled with grape must close the meal.
Trattoria da Pino in Milan: italian room. No sign on the door, cash-preferred, and the two-course menu changes daily; Milanese office workers.
Why locals goNo sign on the door, cash-preferred, and the two-course menu changes daily; Milanese office workers fill it at noon before tourists find it.
TipArrive by 12:15 or the daily pasta runs out; the ribollita sells first.
Cantine Isola on Paolo Sarpi is a Chinatown wine-shop facade with a handful of stools, cash-only and a handwritten weekly list of Lombard and natural bottles.
Why locals goChinatown wine-shop facade with a handful of stools inside; no website, cash only and the handwritten wine list changes weekly with producer-direct Lombard and natural bottles.
TipGo Tuesday or Thursday evenings when the importer drops new cases and Andrea opens something unannounced.
