Ristorante Galleria, Italian restaurant and pizzeria in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy.
Ristorante Galleria is a restaurant and pizzeria set inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the covered arcade in the heart of Milan. The dining rooms sit directly beneath the arcade's iron and glass vaults, with wooden furniture and marble details that match the nineteenth-century surroundings.
The restaurant opened in 1968, making it one of the longest-running dining addresses inside the arcade. In 2018, the Lombardy Region awarded it the Historic Shop designation, an official recognition given to a small number of long-established businesses in the area.
The restaurant sits just steps from Teatro alla Scala, and on performance nights the tables fill with opera-goers looking for a meal before or after the show. This makes it a meeting point where locals and visitors share the same space in a relaxed way.
The restaurant is open every day except December 25 and takes reservations by phone or email. Arriving a little early is worth it, as the arcade itself is something to walk through before sitting down to eat.
Despite its address in one of Milan's most visited spaces, the kitchen uses a wood-burning oven to make its pizzas, a traditional method rarely found in this part of the city center. The smell of the oven drifts into the dining room, adding a different layer to the experience of eating beneath century-old vaults.
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