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Pasticcerie · Milan

Pasticcerie in Milan

Pastry shops and bakery-cafés for a brioche, a cappuccino and panettone.

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A pasticceria is a pastry shop, and in Milan most have a coffee counter at the front, so a cappuccino and a pastry is breakfast as much as a treat. The trade has deep roots here: Marchesi dates from 1824, and Taveggia, on Via Uberto Visconti di Modrone, has traded under the sign Taveggia dal 1909 since that year.1

Taveggia shows how fragile those names can be. It stood closed for a long stretch after the bankruptcy of its operating company, and reopened in summer 2022 under the team behind Gamberini in Bologna, with the sign and the range unchanged, budini di riso (rice puddings) included.1 It opens at 07:00 on weekdays and closes at 15:00 on Sundays.

Local tip: Taveggia still makes budini di riso, rice puddings, at Via Uberto Visconti di Modrone 2; on Sundays go before 15:00, when it closes.

Where these cafés are: Porta Vittoria & XXII Marzo (7), Duomo & Centro (6), Maciachini & the north (4), Porta Venezia (4), Brera (4), Porta Nuova & Centrale (3), Sempione & Pagano (3), Città Studi & Lambrate (3), Corvetto & the south (2), Tortona (2), Porta Romana (1), Navigli & Ticinese (1), NoLo & Loreto (1), Paolo Sarpi & Chinatown (1), Magenta & Sant’Ambrogio (1), De Angeli & the west (1).

At a glance

44Cafés listed
14With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
23:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Pasticceria Grecchi, from 06:00 (Tue–Sun 06:00–21:00).
  • Closes latest: Caffè Panzera, until 23:30 (Daily 07:00–23:30).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (25%), wheelchair access (14%), indoor seating (11%).

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What a cappuccino and brioche cost

The old houses charge close to an ordinary bar. In January 2023 Scatti di Gusto paid €1.80 for a cappuccino and €1.80 for a brioche at Taveggia, €2 and €2.50 at Marchesi 1824 on Via Montenapoleone, and €2 for each at Cova on the same street.2 Sant Ambroeus on Corso Matteotti charged €2.50 for each.2

Prices have moved since. In November 2025 a brioche at the counter of Cracco in Galleria cost about €2.80.3

Where the pasticcerie are

Porta Vittoria & XXII Marzo has the most pasticcerie, followed by Duomo & Centro, then Maciachini, Porta Venezia and Brera. In the center, Van Bol & Feste is on Foro Buonaparte, Matilde Bakery on Passaggio degli Osii and Patti bakery & bistrot on Via Pietro Paleocapa. Via della Moscova has Pasticceria Ranieri at number 9, and Panarello, open 07:30–19:30 daily, has a second shop on Via Belfiore.

Porta Vittoria’s are neighborhood shops: Pasticceria Gloria on Via Negroli, Pasticceria Montesano on Corso Plebisciti and Pasticceria Milano on Via Emilio Morosini. In the north, Bakery Armagni on Piazza Giovanni Bausan opens at 07:00 Monday to Saturday and until 13:00 on Sundays.

Bakers from other regions

Several carry a regional name. Amore Sicilian Bakery is on Largo Quinto Alpini, DolceCapriccio, a Sicilian bar, gelateria and pasticceria, on Piazza Lega Lombarda, and Pasticceria Napoletana De Luca on Via Nicola Antonio Porpora. La Medina, a pasticceria and tearoom, is on Via Tolentino.

Princi stands apart as a bakery chain: Il Post called it a famous Milan chain of panetterie when Starbucks picked it in 2017 to supply baked goods to its Roasteries worldwide.4 The Milan Roastery is on Piazza Cordusio, in the old post office building.4

Opening hours

Most pasticcerie close in the early evening. Pasticceria Grecchi on Via Giovanni Pacini opens earliest, at 06:00 from Tuesday to Sunday, and stays open until 21:00. Panificio Danelli on Piazza Pietro Gobetti closes 14:00–16:00 and stays open until 21:00 from Thursday to Saturday. Caffè Panzera on Piazza Duca d’Aosta is the late exception, 07:00–23:30 every day.

Mondays are the usual day off. Marlà on Corso Lodi and Ofelé on Via Savona both close then, and Ofelé opens at 10:00 at weekends.

Sources

  1. Novità estate 2022 a Milano: DedasPuri, Doppio Malto e Taveggia (Emanuele Bonati), Scatti di Gusto (May 25, 2022), accessed October 2026
  2. Colazione in centro a Milano, prezzi e classifica dei 10 migliori bar (Emanuele Bonati), Scatti di Gusto (January 11, 2023), accessed October 2026
  3. Quanto costa fare colazione da Carlo Cracco in Galleria (Roberta Damiata), il Giornale (November 30, 2025), accessed October 2026
  4. Starbucks aprirà a Milano, Il Post (February 28, 2017), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Pasticcerie in Milan: questions

How much do a cappuccino and brioche cost at a Milan pasticceria?

In January 2023 Taveggia charged €1.80 for each, Marchesi 1824 €2 for a cappuccino and €2.50 for a brioche, Cova €2 for each and Sant Ambroeus €2.50 for each. By November 2025 a brioche at the counter of Cracco in Galleria cost about €2.80.

Which historic pasticcerie in Milan can you still visit?

Marchesi dates from 1824 and has a shop on Via Montenapoleone. Taveggia, trading since 1909, reopened on Via Uberto Visconti di Modrone in summer 2022 with its range and rice puddings unchanged; it opens at 07:00 on weekdays. In January 2023 a cappuccino and a brioche there cost €1.80 each.

Which pasticceria in Milan opens earliest in the morning?

Pasticceria Grecchi on Via Giovanni Pacini opens at 06:00 from Tuesday to Sunday and stays open until 21:00. Taveggia opens at 07:00 on weekdays, and Caffè Panzera on Piazza Duca d’Aosta opens at 07:00 every day and closes at 23:30.

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