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BRIENNO: Crotto dei Platani €€ ingredients are used in
Italian dishes such as tagliatelle
Via Regina 73, 22010 with black truffles.
Tel 031 81 40 38
A water’s edge terrace with a CERNOBBIO: Giardino €€€
canopy of trees is the setting for Italian
creative dishes at this trendy res- Via Regina 73, 22102
taurant. Try its lake fish with black Tel 031 51 11 54
truffles or the perch mousse Regional specialities are served
ravioli. Features a 400-label cellar. alongside fresh home-made
pizzas here. Dine inside or in its
CERNOBBIO: La Sosta €€ lush garden. Good wine list, too.
Italian
Via Regina Cesare Battisti 7, 22012 COMO: Locanda dell’Oca Bianca €
Tel 030 51 05 08 Italian
This eatery serves great wood- Via Canturina 251, 22100
oven pizzas made with traditional Tel 031 52 56 05 Closed Tue–Sat
Exterior of Barchetta, a classic terrace or wholemeal dough, as well as lunch; Mon
restaurant in Bellagio home-made pasta such as Sautéed calamari with a radish
pizzoccheri (a Valtellina speciality) tart and butternut squash roulade
VERBANIA: Little Italy €€ and mouthwatering meat and are some of the dishes served at
Italian fish dishes. this eatery. Superb home-made
Via Guglielmazzi 25, 28900 desserts as well as fine wines.
Tel 0323 50 45 46 CERNOBBIO:
This warm, family-run osteria La Terrazza Asnigo €€ COMO: Minimalismo
specializes in traditional dishes Italian Livingroom €
made with recipes handed down Via Noseda 2, 22012 Café & Patisserie
through the generations. Try the Tel 031 51 00 62 Closed Tue–Sat Via Dante Alighieri 67, 22100
Scalopine di vitello (veal). Regional lunch; Mon Tel 031 207 38 60
wines on offer as well. Good antipasti and primi piatti This restaurant and cocktail bar
selection at this lakeside eatery. looks out over the citta (market)
DK Choice À la carte dishes feature mozzarella and is famous for its wines,
cognacs and rums. Food is bistro-
wrapped veal, and perch with
VERBANIA: Il Portale €€€ sesame seeds. style pasta, pastries and cold cuts.
Italian
Via del Sassello 3, 28922 CERNOBBIO: Trattoria COMO: Sant Anna 1907 €€
Tel 0323 50 54 86 Closed Mon– del Vapore €€ Modern Italian
Fri lunch in winter; Mon lunch in Italian Via Filippo Turati 3, 22100
summer Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 17, 22012 Tel 031 50 52 66 Closed Sat lunch; Sun
Artfully presented antipasti Tel 031 51 03 08 Closed Wed Aesthetically presented modern
dishes such as noodles with With old sepia photos on the Lombardy dishes tempt at this
rabbit, and mains of whitefish walls, this trattoria is a mem- chic restaurant. Try lobster with
stuffed with shrimps and blue orable place to enjoy authentic pineapple, crusted veal or risotto
cheese, feature on the menu local dishes. The house special with fish and saffron.
of the elegantly decorated Il sage tortellini and risotto with
Portale. Good choice of desserts carp must be tried. COMO: L’Osteria a’Angolo
and wines. Tasting and special dei Silenzio €€€
diet menus are also available. CERNOBBIO: Gatto Nero €€€ Italian
Gourmet Viale Lecco 25, 22100
Via Monte Santo 69, Rovenna, 22012 Tel 031 337 21 57 Closed Mon
Tel 031 51 20 42 Closed Mon–Fri A good mix of fish and meat
lunch dishes feature on the menu at this
Lake Como The “Black Cat” has an elegant, popular tavern in a renovated old
cottage-like feel and a dining stone building. The house special
BELLAGIO: Silvio € terrace with lake views. Top-quality is Costata Fiorentina (steak).
Fish & Seafood
Via Paolo Carcano 12, 22021
Tel 031 95 03 22
Run by a fisherman whose catch
appears in creative dishes such as
perch served a cagnon (with rice)
and Parmesan or fish mousse ravi-
oli. Stylish decor and fine wines.
BELLAGIO: Barchetta €€
Italian
Salita Mella 13, 22021
Tel 031 95 13 89
Established in 1887, this popular,
eatery specializes in fish and local
Lombard veal dishes such as
cotoletta and ossobuco. Fresh
pizza from the wood-fired oven. Fresh thin-crust pizza, an all-time favourite
For more information on types of restaurants see page 167
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