A very 'casual' option
The idea of the aperitif arose in Turin in the 19th century, but soon spread to the north of the country. Forget the bikini operation and let your stomach enjoy the dolce vita too. These are five of the most attractive options in the city.
1.**RADETZKY COFFEE**
Since the end of the eighties, Radetzky Café has reigned supreme in the central Corso Garibaldi 105. In its intention to offer a non-stop gastronomic service from morning to night, it integrates the appetizer, whose strong point lies in the drink: their cocktails and wine list are to be explored slowly. For its part, the offer of pasta, sausage and focaccia (better than pizza) will satisfy the appetite. Elegant clientele but in an informal atmosphere, which does not clash with the surroundings of the area where it is located.
Non-stop gastronomic service
two. ARMANI LOUNGE
In the case of Milan, it is inevitable that there is no fashion option, also for something like an aperitif. Visiting the Armani hotel is a sensory experience. In its Armani Lounge there is also the possibility of trying its buffet, before dinner. In this case, one does not have to go to the food, rather it is the food that comes to one, since it is the waiters who approach the tables, as in a cocktail party. The price, moreover, is just as cheap as any other snack in the city. It's not the only one. Marc Jacobs offers his own version of it at number six Piazza Carmine, where the first cafe of his empire of premises is located.
The most fashionable option
3.**TUSCANY TRATTORIA**
It's not going to win an interior design contest, but it's the Tuscan Trattoria oozes authenticity. In the 70s it was a meeting point for intellectuals and for the city's student movement. Now, more committed to the stomach, offers for just seven euros a genuine tasting of Italian dishes before an increasingly eclectic and cosmopolitan clientele, in Corso di Porta Ticinese, number 58, near the Parco selle Basiliche.
Good tasting for seven euros
4.**10 CORSO LIKE **
10 Corso Como is an exclusive franchise that sells the Italian lifestyle through clothing, art and furniture. Its only European branch is in Milan, but this business proposal is very popular in Asia. Although in some of its oriental establishments it also offers appetizers, it is in the one in the Italian city where the most succulent is found. His curious, although perhaps somewhat bizarre, decoration invades a discreet patio of this seductive pedestrian area of the city. The atmosphere that is created in it is its strong point.
Fashion, art and good snacks
5.**MAIN**
A completely casual and alternative option is that of Princi, which boasts of enclosing "the spirit of Milan" in it. Although I know u main activity is bakery and pastry , its aperitif hour is also very popular. It has five establishments in the city center, some of them near the Duomo or Corso Garibaldi, and one more in London, on Wardour street.
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