The best feature in this elegant café inside the Hotel Baglioni is its private exit, which brings you out by Armani on via della Spiga. The place is laid...
Via Senato 5Go for a drink at this Indian lounge bar, and you could quite feasibly skip having dinner afterwards. The cocktails (€6 during happy hour, 6.30-9.30pm)...
Corso Sempione 1One of Milan's historic cafés, Biffi is set in the ritzy Magenta/Vercelli neighbourhood. The counter is cosy but never overcrowded, and the tearoom has a...
Corso Magenta 87This quietly dignified caffè may be on the touristy side, but it remains a must for opera fans. Situated across the road from La Scala, it's a convenient...
Via Giuseppe Verdi 6Cucchi has been family-run since 1936, and its bowtie-clad waiters serve up elegant fruit-filled tartlets, cannoncini (little pastry 'cannons' stuffed with...
Corso Genova 1Fresco Art is a favourite of trendy young lawyers and students from the nearby European Design Institute. It's a good place for a coffee in the morning -...
Viale Monte Nero 23Located just off piazza Duomo, this long-established juice bar specialises in smoothies (soya milk optio-nal). Although not your run-of-the-mill Italian...
Via Dogana 1Kids aged four and over can create colourful and cheerful ceramics in this café-cum-art lab while mum and dad relax over a cappuccino.
Via Solferino 3Half of Trussardi is made up of a huge glass cube jutting into via San Dalmazio, so you're sure to be 'seen' here. This very upmarket café is popular with...
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