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Best Cafes in Milan

A list of the 7 best cafes in Milan, including Pasticceria Marchesi 1824 (Centro Storico, Milan). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

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Updated Aug 25, 2026Checked Aug 25, 2026

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    Centro Storico, Milan

    Pastry shop founded 1824 on Via Santa Maria alla Porta, Milan's benchmark for panettone, now Prada-owned with two more city locations.

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    Centro Storico, Milan

    Coffeehouse and pastry shop founded 1817 near La Scala, now on Via Montenapoleone, historically a meeting place for Verdi and Puccini.

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    Centro Storico, Milan

    All-day cafe and pasticceria near La Scala since 1936, known for cornetto-and-coffee breakfasts and a laboratory turning out hundreds of panettoni.

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  1. 4

    Porta Venezia, Milan

    Specialty coffee bar near Corso Buenos Aires, opened 2016 by Brent Jopson and Giulia Gasperini as an early driver of Milan's third-wave coffee scene, pouring Gardelli beans.

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    Porta Venezia, Milan

    Specialty-coffee outpost of Sevengrams, the roaster four Mauro sisters founded in 2009; pours espresso and pour-over from its microlot Lot Zero line.

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    Navigli, Milan

    Family-run pastry shop on Corso Genova since 1936, rebuilt after WWII bombing and now run by a third generation, outside the Duomo-area cafe cluster.

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    Isola, Milan

    French-inspired pastry shop opened 2017 in Isola by chef Fabrizio Barbato and partners, serving boulangerie viennoiserie from breakfast through weekend brunch.

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