Best Pubs and Aperitivo Bars in Milan
Heritage Italian aperitivo bars — Milan's neighborhood drinking institutions.
Milan's pub equivalent is the aperitivo bar (bacaro) — heritage Italian neighborhood drinking with cheap house wine, free aperitivo plates, and traditional Italian small plates. Camparino in Galleria, Bar Basso, and N'Ombra de Vin anchor the heritage scene.
Six Milan aperitivo-and-pub picks for a heritage Italian evening.
The 6 best pubs in Milan
Bar Basso
Heritage 1947 cocktail bar where the Negroni Sbagliato was invented.
Camparino in Galleria
Galleria heritage 1915 Campari aperitivo bar.
N'Ombra de Vin
Brera heritage wine bar with cheap house wine and Italian plates.
Vinodromo
Brera Italian wine bar with rotating producers.
Frida
Isola heritage Mexican-Italian bar with summer terrace.
Mag Cafe
Navigli heritage cocktail bar with canal-side terrace.
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