Trattoria Masuelli San Marco in Milan's Porta Romana has cooked the Lombard canon since 1921, family-run by the Masuelli family for four generations.
Signature dishes: Risotto alla milanese, Ossobuco, Cassoeula
Must order: The risotto alla milanese with bone marrow, the ossobuco and the cassoeula in winter.
Tip: Bookings open ten days ahead by phone. Cash and card; the wine list runs deep on Lombard producers.
Address: Viale Umbria 80, 20135 Milano
Giannino in Milan since 1899 is the historic Lombard dining room near Stazione Centrale, the family-run kitchen that has fed Milan's industrial bourgeoisie for four
Signature: Risotto alla milanese, Cotoletta alla milanese, Ossobuco con risotto
Order: The risotto alla milanese, the cotoletta alla milanese and the ossobuco con risotto plate.
Tip: Bookings open by phone or website; lunch sittings 12:30 and 13:30. The marble-and-mahogany dining room is the destination.
Da Giacomo in Milan's Porta Venezia is the Tuscan-seafood dining room of the Bulgheroni family, opened 1989 and a Milanese fashion-week institution.
Signature: Spaghetti allo scoglio, Cotoletta alla milanese, Fritto misto
Order: The spaghetti allo scoglio, the cotoletta alla milanese in the orecchio di elefante form and the fritto misto.
Tip: Bookings open three weeks ahead. The Bistrot Da Giacomo next door is the easier walk-up sister room.
Giacomo Arengario in Milan sits atop the Museo del Novecento with a wraparound terrace looking at the Duomo. The Bulgheroni family kitchen runs Lombard and modern It
Signature: Risotto alla milanese, Cotoletta alla milanese, Spaghetti alla chitarra
Order: Risotto alla milanese and cotoletta with the Duomo view; the spaghetti alla chitarra with prawns is the altern
Tip: Bookings open a month ahead; ask for the terrace. The aperitivo sitting at 18:30 is the cheaper way to use the view.
Savini in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele has cooked classical Lombard and Italian cuisine since 1867, the historic dining room of opera-going Milan.
Signature: Risotto alla milanese, Cotoletta alla milanese, Tortelli di zucca
Order: The risotto alla milanese, cotoletta alla milanese and the tortelli di zucca from Mantua.
Tip: Bookings open a month ahead. The post-Scala dinner sitting at 22:30 is when the opera crowd arrives.
Antica Trattoria della Pesa in Milan's Porta Garibaldi has cooked the Lombard farmstead canon since 1880, in the old grain-weighing house at the city's northern cust
Signature: Risotto alla milanese, Ossobuco, Cassoeula
Order: The risotto alla milanese, the ossobuco and the cassoeula in winter.
Tip: Bookings open one week ahead by phone. The dining room has the original 1880 wood-panel interior; ask for a table by the window.
Iyo in Milan's Sempione district was the first Japanese restaurant in Italy to hold a Michelin star (2015). Haruo Ichikawa's modern kaiseki kitchen still defines the
Signature: Omakase sashimi, Black cod miso, Kaiseki tasting
Order: The kaiseki tasting set or the omakase sashimi at the counter; the black cod with miso is the signature desser
Tip: Bookings open one month ahead. The Iyo Aalto sister room in Porta Nuova holds the second star; book that for sushi.
