Milan coffee scene

Cafés with outdoor seating in Milan

Terraces, courtyards, and pavement tables in Milan. Specialty coffee with a seat in the open air.

10 cafés · Italy

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Editor's pickOutdoor seats
Porta Nuova

Cafezal Specialty Coffee Coffee Hub

Brazilian-born founder Carlos Bitencourt launched Cafezal in 2018 as Milan's first specialty roastery in the fashion…

EspressoPour overCold brewBatch brew
Editor's pickOutdoor seats
Magenta

Ditta Artigianale

Florence's most decorated specialty roastery, founded by World Barista Championship judge Francesco Sanapo, brought…

EspressoV60AeroPressChemex
Editor's pickDog-friendly
Sant'Ambrogio

NOWHERE Future Coffee Roasters

NOWHERE opened its first café in 2020, began roasting single-origin Arabicas in 2021, relocated to a larger Via…

EspressoV60AeroPressCold brew
Local favoriteOpen late
Porta Venezia

Onest

Onest occupies a Porta Venezia corner with a secret rear garden and runs specialty coffee by day, using single…

EspressoPour overCold brew
Outdoor seats
Navigli / Ticinese

Bar Nicol

Bar Nicol occupies a corner of Piazza Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli in the Ticinese quarter, straddling the traditional…

EspressoPour over
Outdoor seats
Brera

Cafezal Brera

The first Cafezal location to open, on Via Solferino 27 in the heart of Brera, retains an intimate gallery-café feel…

EspressoPour overCold brew
Outdoor seats
Porta Venezia

Cafezal Specialty Coffee Porta Venezia

A short walk from Milano Centrale, this bright Porta Venezia outpost of the Cafezal network serves the same…

EspressoPour overCold brew
Outdoor seats
Brera

Égalité San Simpliciano

The Brera location of Égalité at Piazza San Simpliciano 7 carries the same hand-baked boulangerie programme as the…

EspressoPour over
Outdoor seats
Porta Venezia

Égalité Via Melzo

This French-style boulangerie at Via Melzo 22 bakes all its croissants, loaves, tarts, and jams by hand on the…

EspressoPour over
Outdoor seats
Certosa

Loste Café Certosa

The larger Certosa outpost of Loste carries the same specialty coffee and laminated pastry programme as the original,…

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