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Trippa in Milan's Porta Romana is Diego Rossi's offal-led trattoria, opened 2015 with cucina povera reimagined. Kitchen leans modern italian, offal.
OrderThe vitello tonnato, the trippa alla fiorentina and the mondeghili Milanese meatballs.
TipBookings open 60 days ahead on the website; sells out within hours. Walk-up bar seats open at 19:30 for early birds.
€€€€Modern Italian, Fine BistroPorta Romana
Bu:r in Milan's Porta Romana is Eugenio Boer's modern-Italian fine bistro, the Dutch-Italian chef's flagship since 2018, holding one Michelin star.
OrderThe Bu:r tasting set; the herb tortelli and the slow-braised beef cheek are signature plates.
TipBookings open three weeks ahead. The lunch carte at 65 euros is the cheaper way in; vegetarian tasting available with notice.
€€€€Lombard TrattoriaPorta Romana
Trattoria del Nuovo Macello in Milan's south-east has cooked the Lombard trattoria canon since 1927, near the old slaughterhouse. Located in Porta Romana.
OrderThe risotto alla milanese, the cotoletta alla milanese with bone in, and the ossobuco when on the carte.
TipBookings open one month ahead on the website. Lunch is the calmer service; Friday evening fills up first.
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Remulass in Milan's Porta Romana runs a vegetable-led modern Italian carte from chef Diego Bottani since 2022. Kitchen leans modern italian, vegetable-led.
OrderThe seasonal vegetable tasting; the herb risotto and the radish-fermented main are the signature plates.
TipBookings open one week ahead. Lunch is a calmer service; the 21:00 dinner sitting is the busy one.
€€€€Lombard TrattoriaPorta Romana
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.
OrderThe risotto alla milanese with bone marrow, the ossobuco and the cassoeula in winter.
TipBookings open ten days ahead by phone. Cash and card; the wine list runs deep on Lombard producers.
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Bentoteca by Yoji Tokuyoshi in Milan holds one Michelin star, the former Osteria Francescana sous chef's modern Italian-Japanese fusion kitchen since 2015.
OrderThe bentoteca tasting set; the cuttlefish risotto and the kake-soba with parmesan are signature plates.
TipBookings open three weeks ahead. The 14-seat counter is the spot to ask for; lunch tasting at 90 euros is the editor's pick.
€€€€ItalianPorta Romana
Dongio in Milan's Porta Romana has cooked Calabrian southern-Italian since 1980, the city's reference for 'nduja and Calabrian peppers. Priced at €€.
OrderThe 'nduja pasta, the beef carpaccio and the Calabrian peppers as antipasto.
TipBookings open one week ahead by phone. The Calabrian wine list runs deep on Magliocco and Gaglioppo producers.
€€€€Modern ItalianPorta Romana
Particolare seats forty-odd diners in a winter-garden greenhouse off Porta Romana, cooking a Mediterranean-leaning menu in five or seven courses.
OrderThe seven-course tasting when you have the evening; the glasshouse opens fully in summer.
TipWeekday evenings only from 18:30; lunch is served on Saturday and Sunday. Ask for a table under the glass roof.