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 All the taste but without the glutens |
7 Via Giovanni Paisiello Milan, Milan 20131 Italy |
For gluttons and gluten-frees: A bakery that brings together these two types of consumers of bakery products: on the counter there are all the delicacies of your most expert baker but with a certain peculiarity: there are no glutens among the ingredients. Those who are unable to tolerate glutens in the diet and who usually have to avoid bread, pasta and pizzas, or cook them at home to special recipes, can here enjoy these products: Biscuits, Pizzas, Foccacia, Gnocchi and Tarts. Prices slightly higher than normal bread but it is worth it. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Afternoon delight |
8 Piazza Imperatore Tito Milan, Milan 20137 Italy +39 2 545 5277 http://www.bindidessert.it/ |
Cream Puffs, Chocolate and Fruit Pastries, Cream Horns, Chocolate Liqueur Pastries and Fondant can all be packed up in an elegant box and taken away from here. It is a perfect gift for a dinner invitation. It is also famous for its Profiteroles, a pyramid of cream puffs, filled with cream and covered in a cascade of milk chocolate. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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American desserts |
44 Viale Premuda Milan, Milan 20129 Italy +39 2 7601 1492 |
This is a bakery that specialises in home-made, American desserts. Even the furnishings, like the desserts, are in perfect American style. Specialities include apple pie, New York cheesecake, muffins, brownies and chocolate doughnuts. Home delivery service. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Natural products for health and beauty |
16 Via RuggeroLeoncavallo Milan, Milan 20131 Italy +39 2 2682 0460 http://www.capoverde.com |
This shop takes its name from the beautiful islands that are becoming popular tourist destinations and this herbalist shop is immersed in the greenery of a nursery in Via Leoncavallo. It is noted for its welcoming courtesy and it sells natural products for health and beauty as well as lovely gifts. Products include mud treatments, herbal teas, infusions, pot-pourri, aromatic paper and more. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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The only health-food store in Brera |
1 Piazza San Marco Milan 20100 Italy http://www.centrobotanico.it |
Although this is the only health food store in its neighbourhood, Centro Botanico is well-stocked, and will most likely have the product you seek. Organic pastas, breads, ice-creams, yogurt, biscuits, cereals - you name it, they've got it. If you're a health-food freak, visit this pleasant store, which will cater to all your specific needs. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Traditional ice cream parlour and cake shop |
9 Via Michelangelo Buonarroti Milan, Milan 20145 Italy +39 2 4800 7930 http://www.cremeriabuonarroti.it/ |
This is a traditional patisserie, bar and ice-cream parlour, particularly popular on account of its quality produce and the possibility of eating outside, at the side walk tables or in the little summer garden. It is very busy in summer, due to its location in an area frequented by young people, at the cross roads between two of the main Milanese shopping streets: Via Belfiore and Via Marghera. The ice creams are delcious. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Natural products |
116 Via Vallazze Milan 20131 Italy +39 0270600600 |
This herbalist's shop, managed by Doctors Ida Cegani and Gianni Avenati opened in Milan in 1944 and sells herbal teas, vitamins, organic foods and other products based on plant extracts with herbal traditions helping to restore your natural, physical equilibrium. Among the products available are herbs, dyes, Bach's flower remedies, bubble bath, bitters, face cream, body lotion and shampoo. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Mushroom shop |
14 Via Marghera Milan, Milan 20149 Italy +39 2 439 0089 http://www.lafungheria.com/ing... |
His first shop in Viale Abruzzi, Angelo Bernardi opened this fifteen years ago. Now it is one of the most famous names in the field of mushrooms in Milan. High quality products and competitive prices is what he deals in! Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Traditional bread shop |
3 Via Victor Hugo Milan, Milan 20123 Italy +39 2 86 0905 / +39 2 87 5301 http://www.garbagnati.net/engl... |
Everyone in Milan knows this bakery either because of its fresh bread in the morning, of all shapes with every type of flour or because of its special pastries. It also offers kosher pastries on request as well as Viennese and Hungarian pastries such as strudels and sachers. The panettoni, a kind of spiced brioche with sultanas (made here at Christmas time) are renowned. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Herbs for all your needs |
02/01/07 Via del Corso Milan, Emilia-Romagna 48010 Italy +39 546 7 3158 http://www.ilgiardinodelleerbe... |
This is a veritable Swiss garden of natural products, and is one of the oldest herbalists in the city. The herbs here have cosmetic functions, following the latest beauty trend, but are also curative. They also sell all kinds of herb teas, infusions and packets including eucalyptus, thyme, arnica and more as well s the best makes with natural bases that can usually only be found in Switzerland, such as Cosval, Pegaso and other ranges that are recommended by homeopathic and naturopathic doctors. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Shop and factory of glacé cherries |
2 Corso di Porta Romana Milan, Milan 20122 Italy +39 2 8645 3112 / +39 2 8646 4833 |
In Corso di Porto Romana, near the cathedral, this is a place of tradition and good tastes! The marrons glacés made by this company are famous throughout Milan. They also produce extremely good chocolates, candied fruit and sugared almonds. Lovely gift packages. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Supermarket with natural products |
4 Via Giovanni Boccaccio Milan, Milan 20123 Italy +39 2 46 0616 |
We are living at a time when people want natural food at any cost. Many are saying no to uncontrolled cultivation methods, meat and animal fats. This has led to the birth of organic supermarkets to provide a workable alternative to the old kind of food. They sell organic food, bread, cheese, fruit and vegetables and novelties such as vegetarian hamburgers. There is also a restaurant offering vegetarian and macrobiotic dishes and a bar. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Choco-licious! |
Via Archimede Ang. Via Fiamma 17 Milan, Milan 20129 Italy +39 2 7000 6915 http://www.lulamilano.com/ |
This charming shop is just one of the reasons to ignore diet resolutions. Strange but very captivating items are found in here – sugared confetti, gelatin sweets in bright colors, local concoctions and chocolate. Blocks, slabs, chunks and squares of this brown delight are in abundance. The treats are as delicious as they sound, and are displayed proudly in their alluring splendor. The place is often abuzz with locals, who know what to stock before their numerous feasts. For those who can't make up their minds, go with the huge Chocolate Pralines; some are shaped like bombs! They are sure to create an explosion of pleasure in your mouth! Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Sicilian sweets |
10 Viale Monte Santo Milan, Milan 20124 Italy +39 2 659 7327 |
Cakes and pastries in the best tradition are flanked by Sicilian delights. The Cassata will leave you dumbstruck. Meringues, chocolates, brioches and many other delicacies. In the new district dedicated to nightlife, here is a place to raise the spirits. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Traditional patisserie and Sicilian specialities |
22 Via Felice Casati Milan, Milan 20124 Italy +39 2 2952 4798 |
This shop sells exquisite pastries and small chocolates made by hand as well as Sicilian sweets. Made with fresh ingredients sent from Sicily, here is the real Cassata: ricotta, sponge cake, icing, candied fruit and bits of chocolate. Delicious and hard to find in Milan. The shop will deliver cakes and pastries to your door if you don't live too far away. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Pastries and chocolates |
6 Via San Vittore Milan, Milan 20123 Italy +39 2 7200 0096 |
This is a Belgian firm, which has been offering quality chocolates since 1857. The Italian shop recieves fresh chocolate weekly direct from the main outlet in Belgium. It displays pralines and all shapes and sizes of chocolate in its windows. Don't miss the chocolate letters to personalise cakes and sweets. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Historic pastry shop |
15 Piazza San Nazaro Milan, Milan 20122 Italy +39 2 5830 7049 http://www.panarello.it/ |
Piazza San Nazzaro is a small, delightful pedestrian square that faces Corso di Porta Romana. This shop is famous for its Ligurian specialities that have to be tasted. They sell famous cream horns, Krantz made with raisins and candied fruit as well as various almond cakes and tarts. They also offer excellent fresh biscuits straight out of the oven. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Food from the Fratelli! |
4 Corso Vittorio Emanuele Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 80 4871 |
When you are in the town centre, it is difficult to miss this small shop selling colourful marzipan sweets made in the form of all sorts of fruit. It also specializes in ice-sorbets, ice-creams and Sicilian specialities. Don't miss: jasmine ice-cream and coffee ice-sorbet. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Pies and praline |
11 Via Santa Maria alla Porta Milan, Milan 20123 Italy +39 2 87 6730 |
This family has been producing international-class chefs for generations, and here they have been delighting the people of Milan for years with their home-made desserts and pastries. Famous for their quality, and for the assortment of pralines and cakes. "Panettone" cakes made at Christmas. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 La dolce vita |
68 Viale Padova Milan, Milan 20127 Italy +39 2 261 3043 |
Towards the beginning of Viale Padova, near the central station, this is the place to try true Neapolitan Coffee which is thick and chocolatey, can be drunk in one sip and fills the mouth with pleasant flavours. They also have a large variey of traditional Neapolitan desserts, including Babà and Pastiera. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Vintage shop selling food delicacies |
9 Via Spadari Milan, Milan 20123 Italy +39 2 802 3161 http://www.peck.it/en/luoghi.html |
This is an extremely famous meeting place for refined palates! Recently renovated, this elegant shop by the Duomo offers its select clientele of culinary connoisseurs, counters of cheeses, fruit, meats and other delicacies. It sells the best makes of caviar, crab meat and ingredients for high class cooking. Don't miss the 'pork section' where one finds salami sausages and the best meat. There is the same quality in the cheese section. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Delicacies to make your mouth water.... |
11 Via Santa Maria alla Porta Milan, Milan 20123 Italy |
This shop is the queen of good taste. It offers excellent quality products from the best makes in Milan. It sells oil, wines, cheese and marinated vegetables that wet the palate of any passersby. They not only have a good selection of local delicacies, but also offer a good choice of quality foreign food. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Traditional pastry shop |
7 Via della Moscova Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 659 5308 |
There are many pastry shops throughout the city, but Ranieri, descendants of William Ranieri, are an authentic brand of 'meneghina' patisseries. Their pineapple 'panettone', which are a kind of spiced brioche, are renowned as are their fresh cakes. Also recommended is their 'Do di petto' cake from a secret recipe. Beware of imitations! Other branch is located at 1 Via Puccini 02 8900920. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Patisserie and lounge bar |
27 Piazza della Repubblica Milan, Milan 20124 Italy +39 (0)2 6698 2536 http://www.milanotonight.it/lo... |
This patisserie and confectioners has been established in milanese tradition since 1896. In the evening it is a sophisticated lounge bar, popular with the gay scene in Milan who are usually very conscious about their appearance. Its especially nice to sit here in spring and summer under the porches in Via Pisani. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Cake shop |
1 Via Matteo Bandello Milan, Milan 20123 Italy +39 2 498 2030 |
In a road off Corso Magenta, just after the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, this bakery is a kingdom of chocolate. It mixes chocolate with jam, candied fruit and cream in delicious combinations. Gourmet delights include apple and pear charlotte, lovely chestnut glacé and orange Bavarian cream. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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African food |
13 Via Alessandro Tadino Milan, Milan 20124 Italy +39 2 2940 5385 |
The African Shop is not the only shop in the central area that specialises in products from Africa, although it was certainly one of the first in Milan and has everything you could need for a spicy supper. The shelves have tins, spices and typical goods and there are even sections dedicated to fresh vegetables, Arab bread and drinks. They also sell tea, rice, falafel and cous cous. Review © 2007, Wcities |