New openings in Milan in March 2026: mouth-watering pizza by the slice, a wine archive, and a delectable array of baked goods
New openings in Milan March 2026 Here's our usual roundup of news, new restaurants, and venues to keep an eye on. As is often the case, there are very few new restaurants and trattorias, while bars, pastry shops, pizzerias, and wine bars abound. Regardless, this is the panorama of new developments.
Bonci Pan Pizza – Buenos Aires
In Rome, he's a pizza-by-the-slice celebrity (Pizzarium), and now he's coming to Milan, following the trend of recent years that sees the capital's restaurants doubling in size in the north. He's opening a location near Corso Buenos Aires, hoping to capitalize on the momentum, and has entrusted everything to his former partner, Elisa, who oversees the business development of his restaurants. Gabriele Bonci's quality is unquestionable, and he's certainly an extraordinary addition to a market—pizza-by-the-slice—that's not particularly thriving in Milan (except for Alice Pizza). Prices, of course, are Milanese: €28 to €45 per kilo. Supplì range from €2.50 to €5.
Via Nicola Piccinni 3
Sfoglia Pastry Bar – Buenos Aires
Sfoglia, a pastry bar (in the sense of a patisserie/bar) opened next door to Bonci, founded by Tommaso Foglia. The name of the place pays homage to itself, but especially to its mille-feuille, which are typically filled single-serving pastries (sweet or savory, starting at €5). The press release describes the style: "Pop, urban jungle, Art Nouveau, and a Parisian feel." It has it all: in reality, a very small, charming place with a retro style that's quickly becoming the new trend in pastry shops. The pain au café, a reinterpretation of the pain au chocolat, with coffee and marzipan (€3), is delicious. The vegetarian sfogliatella is also excellent.
Via Nicola Piccinni 3
Verve – Osteria Conversevole – Isola
We feel like we've already heard the incipit of the concept (that's how we talk about it these days): "Our menu celebrates revisited Italian cuisine, where tradition meets creativity." For about twenty years now, the same three overcooked concepts have been mixed together in this soup: tradition, innovation (here creativity) and revisited cuisine. Nothing wrong with that, it has to be presented somehow, and this "contemporary osteria" at the foot of the Bosco Verticale has already delivered in terms of creativity with the subtitle: a conversational osteria. On the menu, among others, are Low Temperature Cooked Egg with Asparagus, Crusco Pepper and 40-Month Aged Parmesan Fondue (15 euros), a couple of risottos (24 and 26 euros), rack of lamb (26), cutlet (20), salmon roll with cabbage (18).
Via Confalonieri 5, tel 320 604 8026.
Arcane Wines – Wine Archive with Cuisine – Via Savona
Not your typical wine bar, but "a wine archive with a kitchen," as Fabio Cagnetti, a Roman who worked for years in distribution and has amassed a remarkable cellar over 25 years of research, calls it: 4,000 bottles, which he's gradually revealing in his new venue. It's also a restaurant, with cuisine overseen by Stefania Lioi, who recently joined the Mestè team. Arcana will also host events and a six-session "wine survival" course.
Via Cerano 15
Renen Wine – Bao and Natural Wines – Porta Venezia
A Barbera with a Bao? At Renen Wine, you can, because here Yaolin (known as Jessica and owner of Su Garden) has decided to follow a trend that's very popular in Milan these days, combining wines (mostly natural) with ethnic cuisine (see Balay, Puntarella d'Oro 2026). At Gambero, Yaolin explained that Chinese restaurants usually only have one Prosecco, one Fiano, and one Chianti. Here, fortunately, they have a choice of 300 labels. We're near Porta Venezia.
Largo Fra Paolo Bellintani 2
Kiwon – Kimchi and Natural Wines – Risorgimento
Natural wine and ethnic cuisine, part two. This time we're on Via Macedonio Melloni, and the cuisine is Korean, with the legendary kimchi and much more.
Via Macedonio Melloni 35
Pop – People of pizza – Duomo
A perfect acronym, pizza lovers will find a new pizzeria created by Gino Sorbillo, a talented and clever Neapolitan pizza chef, this time in a fast food version. Affordable prices (9.99 for a Margherita, a fried pizza, and a soft drink) and a few nods to the American way of pizza, with pepperoni and Hawaiian pizzas. We're just steps from the Duomo, at Via Cappellari 3.
La Bruma – Bakery – Vetra
A spin-off of the Via Stampa restaurant, which has moved its laboratory here, a few meters away, La Bruma is a bakery, where you can buy naturally leavened bread (a different one every day), have breakfast but also have lunch with pappa al pomodoro (9 euros), sandwiches, vegetables and platters. Pain au chocolat (3.20 euros), Bun (3.50), savory Danish pastry (4).
The Mist, Piazza Vetra 21
La Mary – Pastry Shop
A pastry shop that focuses heavily on French Viennese pastries, offering Milanese favorites in the newest leavened products, from cruffins to cinnamon rolls. If you're wondering who Mary is, she's not the pastry chef, but Queen Marie Antoinette: the one who boredly told the hungry masses, "Let them eat brioche." Mary's partners, two Milanese and Laye Dia, a pastry chef of Senegalese origin but with extensive experience in Milan, have taken her seriously.
