A bar with a retro charm where an aperitif with friends can easily turn into a very fruitful exchange of ideas.
This place should intrigue you for two reasons: it’s probably the single bar in Milan most used as a film set, and it’s one of the few with no music, no radio, just the sound of the clients chatting; it’s probably this detail that contributes to the intrinsic retro atmosphere of this place.
Photo by Alice Gemignani
The look reminds of a Parisian bistrot, or a meeting point for “Old Milan” intellectuals – if we want to stay at home. Even today, if you’re feeling a bit intellectual or want to talk about important stuff, there’s no place like La Belle Aurore. Sitting at one of these marble tables, surrounded by prints and furniture from the Thirties, it’s impossible not to have some big revelation while reading a newspaper and sipping a Milan-Turin (a cocktail that owes its name to a mix of Campari and Vermouth) or a shaken Pumpkin. Let’s also add that some of the best bartenders in the city work here, and that the aperitivo is quite cheaper than elsewhere in Milan, so there’s really no reason to not step by this lovely bar.
Photo by Alice Gemignani
LA BELLE AURORE
Via Privata Giuseppe Abamonti 1, Milano
Closed on Sundays
Mon-Sat 11:30-16, 18-01
Metro M1 Porta Venezia
Tram 5, 19, 33 P.za Adelaide di Savoia
Bus 54, 61 C.so Indipendenza Via Bronzetti
Bus 60, 62 Via Castel Morrone Via Modena
