The Plus Day: Milan
Scott Schuman—aka The Sartorialist—gives us his ultimate one-day itinerary for Italy’s capital of fashionSTAY
BREAKFAST
MID-MORNING CULTURE BREAK
LUNCH
“Then there’s another place called Il Salumaio di Montenapoleone where all of the jet set goes—stars, big-name designers. The food is very good, but the setting is this great courtyard, right off the main shopping area of Milan. You definitely have to have a little time to spare because it’s not exactly fast…it’s really more about the scene.
“Another place I recommend is called L’antica Osteria Milanese. It’s on a tiny street. It looks very plain—the real Milanese, the restaurants they eat at are very plain—but it’s very, very, very good food, and if people ask me about the real Milanese experience, and real Milanese food, this is where I’d send them.”AFTERNOON EXPLORING
DINNER & DRINKS
“Just off the lobby of the Grand Hotel et de Milan is a place called Don Carlos. It’s a small restaurant with pictures and paintings all over the walls. You’ll really feel like you’re in Milan in 1890. It’s not formal, but you’ll want to be dressed up; because the space is so beautiful, you’ll want to feel equally beautiful. It’s typical Italian food, which is to say, great. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad meal in Milan. But here, it’s the atmosphere, the paintings in the old frames, the intimate space, the whole thing.
“Then, on the other side of that is a place called Paper Moon. It was the center of the fashion universe in the ’80s. It’s a bit like eating at the Odeon in New York. It’s still a really fun place to go. I also recommend Giacomo Bistrot. The original Giacomo Restaurant is usually considered one of the top restaurants in Milan, and its new bistro is the hot one. One of Milan’s best design firms (Studio Pergalli) created the space and it looks like an old club—dark wood and all that—and it’s beautiful.”TRAVEL TIPS
- Photograph by Samuel Zeller
- Courtesy of Excelsior Gallia
- Photograph by Scott Schuman
- Courtesy of Marchesi
- Photographs by Scott Schuman
- Courtesy of Lorenzi
- Courtesy of Don Carlos
- Courtesy of The Sartorialist