Where to eat and have a drink

This is where we eat, drink and buy food!

Here is a list of restaurants and bars in Como that we like to enjoy when we have some free time: we hope you will enjoy them too!

For a nice breakfast, a piadina or even a pasta at any time of the day

Margherita Piadineria Caffetteria
Via Lega Insurrezionale, 9 – just in front of the apartment 1 minutes walking
Phone +39 320 492 2315

Drinks & Cocktails

The best cocktails in town!

Minimalismo
Via Dante Alighieri, 67 – 5/7 minutes walking
Phone +39 031 207 3860
Minimalismo Web page

If beer is your passion…

Il Birrvico
Via Borgo Vico, 28 – 15/20 minutes walking
Phone +39 334 9813642
Il Birrivico Web page

Italian food & pizza

Osteria del Gallo
It is warmly suggested to reserve a table, especially at lunch!
A truly Italian osteria – 7/10 minutes walking
Via Vitani, 16
Phone +39 031 272 591
Osteria del Gallo web page

L’angolo del silenzio
A nice restaurant with a garden – 5/7 minutes walking
Viale Lecco, 25
Phone +39 031 337 2157
L’angolo del silenzio web page

Cardamomo
Reservations are not accepted, we suggest to get there at 19:30, when they open so you will be first in the line
Organic flour and ingredients, wood oven, italian/marocchin fusion pizza: we love it! – 7/10 minutes walking
Via Carloni 2 f/g
Phone +39 031 301 919
Cardamomo Pizzeria web page

Tira, mola e meseda
A great place where to eat typical dishes from this area – 30 minutes walking, about 2Km. so it’s better to get a taxi but you will not regret!
Via Castellini, 17
Phone +39 27 59 735
Tira, mola e meseda web page

Ice Cream & pastry

Gelateria Rossetti
Via Muralto, 2A
Phone +39 333 947 5412
Gelateria Rossetti web page

Pasticceria Dolciamo
Via Borgo Vico, 104
Phone +39 412 2799
Pasticceria Dolciamo web page

International food

Sakura Sushi
Real Japanese food prepared by a Japanese chef! – 10/15 minutes walking
It is warmly suggested to reserve a table!
Viale Innocenzo XI, 30
Phone +39 031 240 221
Sakura Sushi web page

Namaste
Great Indian food prepared with love – 7/10 minutes by car
It is warmly suggested to reserve a table!
Piazza San Rocco, 8
Phone +39 031 261 642
Namaste web page

Cooking at home?

If you want to prepare your own meals, you can find everything you need in these mini and super markets.

NaturaSi – MiniMarket all organic products
You can also buy food they prepare daily, including cakes and delicious bread.
Via Gerolamo Borsieri 21, 22100 Como CO
Phone +39 031 241740
NaturaSi web site

If you have a car this is the best option, about 7 minutes by car from the apartment:
Esselunga
Via Carloni Ang, Via Solone Ambrosoli, 22100 Como CO
Phone +39 031 337 0134
Esselunga web site

If you don’t have a car, or for a quick shopping, the closest market to the Artist Place is a Carrefour Express, located in the basement of a building right after the Duomo (main church):

Carrefour Express
Via Pietro Boldoni 3, 22100 Como CO
Phone +39 031 275 9222
Carrefour Express web page

Another Carrefour downtown:

Carrefour Express
Via Diaz, 99, 22100 Como CO
Phone +39 031 241330
Carrefour Express web page

And an open 24/7 Carrefour Market is 15 minutes walking from the apartment:

Carrefour Market
Via Fratelli Recchi, 18, 22100 Como CO
Phone +39 031 570895
24/7 Carrefour Market web page