4 lgbtq+ in Milan, editor-picked by TableJourney. All Milan nightlife.
Leccomilano ★ 4.5
Porta Venezia · Via Lecco 5, 20124 Milano
Leccomilano opened in 2014 on Via Lecco at the heart of Porta Venezia's rainbow strip, with owner Paolo Sassi running an all-day cafe-restaurant that pivots to an aperitivo buffet and queer dance bar through the evening into the small hours.
Tip: Five-minute walk from M1 Porta Venezia; the aperitivo buffet is generous and the room fills by 21:00 on weekends. Closed Mondays.
MONO Bar ★ 4.3
Porta Venezia · Via Lecco 6, 20124 Milano
MONO opened across the street from Leccomilano in 2007 with a retro-styled bar, low banquettes and a resident DJ rotation that pulls the weekday Porta Venezia aperitivo crowd alongside late-night dance shifts on the weekend.
Tip: Aperitivo runs 18:00 to 21:30 daily and is the cheapest way in; the room tips toward dance after midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Red Cafe ★ 4.0
Porta Venezia · Via Lecco 9, 20124 Milano
Red Cafe sits a few doors from Leccomilano on Via Lecco at the corner of Panfilo Castaldi, with a small inside room, sidewalk tables and a Friday multi-ethnic aperitivo that pulls Eritrean, Ethiopian and Italian regulars into the Porta Venezia rainbow strip.
Tip: Cheap drinks at the counter, the sidewalk tables are the seats to get when the weather holds. Friday aperitivo is the canonical night.
POP ★ 4.4
Porta Venezia · Via Alessandro Tadino 5, 20124 Milano
POP runs a transfeminist queer cocktail bar on Via Tadino off the Porta Venezia rainbow strip, with affordable signature builds, an inclusive door policy and a calendar that mixes book talks, exhibition openings and weekend DJ shifts across a small bar room.
Tip: Cocktails sit around 8 euros, well below the Milan average; weekday evenings run reading groups and roundtables, weekend nights tilt toward dance.