If you’re spending this holiday season in the Lombard capital, here are some restaurants in Milan open on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. It’s been updated for 2023, and I’ll keep updating this as more details become available.
Via Stampa
Christmas lunch at this excellent newish restaurant goes for 110€ per person for a three-course tasting, a variety of appetizers, fruit, and panettone as well as a glass of Alsatian cremant and a dessert wine for good measure. (Missori) website
Ristorante Berton
Andrea Berton’s Michelin-starred restaurant is open on December 24 for dinner and December 25 for lunch with two special tasting menus that start at 180€ and 210€ per person respectively (beverages excluded) –there’s an option to add Alba white truffles to two or three courses on each menu. (Porto Nuovo) website
Cafè Cracco
Chef Carlo Cracco has curated a tasting menu for Christmas lunch at Cafè Cracco, located on the ground floor of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, just below his Michelin-starred restaurant. The five-course tasting menu goes for 170€ per person, beverages excluded. (Galleria) website
Al Garghet
This charming traditional trattoria on the outskirts of Milan is open for Christmas lunch. The holiday tasting menu costs 85€ (beverages excluded), and there’s also a special menu for children for 25€. (Selvanesco) website
Osteria Brunello
Open for both lunch and dinner. the four-course winter menu is on offer 62€ —any of the items can be ordered a la carte. And don’t let its Tuscan name fool you — this ever-reliable mainstay serves one of the city’s best iterations of the costoletta alla milanese. (Corso Garibaldi) website
Antica Osteria il Ronchettino
This restaurant inside a 19th-century farmhouse will be open for Christmas lunch, serving a special menu for 120€. (Gratosoglio) website
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