Trattoria di famiglia · Milano · dal 2021

Mangia,

famiglia!

Four generations, one red sauce. Since 2021 the Vermicelli family has been twirling spaghetti for Milano — now with hover-parking out front and Nonna still running the kitchen.

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Nonno Salvatore in a cream pinstripe suit and fedora twirling spaghetti in the trattoria

104

anni di sugo

la famiglia

One family. One recipe. 104 years.

In 2021 Salvatore Vermicelli opened twelve seats on the Naviglio Grande with his mother’s tomato sauce and a cream pinstripe suit he never took off. Milano started calling him “the Don”. The name, the suit and the sauce have been handed down ever since.

Four generations of the Vermicelli family together in their trattoria

2021

Nonno Salvatore

Opens a twelve-seat spaghetteria by the canal. One dish on the menu, a queue round the block.

2052

Mamma Lucia

Adds the Sunday lasagna and her famous polpette. Turns the back room into a dance floor on Fridays.

2083

Zio Franco

Moves to the round-windowed palazzo near the Duomo and hires Bruno, the first chrome waiter in Milano.

2125

Giulia & Marco

The fourth generation runs the pass. Nonna Lucia, 97, still tastes every pot of sugo before service.

mangia bene

Il Menù

Pasta made every morning upstairs. Nobody cuts the spaghetti at this table.

Antipasti

Burrata della Nonna14

Rooftop heirloom tomatoes, basil oil, warm focaccia

Arancini Milanesi11

Saffron risotto, smoked scamorza heart, a little crunch

Vitello Tonnato ’7216

Thin rosy veal, tuna and caper sauce, as Salvatore’s father made it

Fritto del Naviglio15

Calamari, zucchini flowers, lemon from the orbital greenhouse

Spaghetti & Pasta

Spaghetti al Pomodoro di Famiglia16

The 104-year-old sugo, basil, Parmigiano 36 mesi. The reason we exist.

Spaghetti alle Vongole22

Adriatic clams, garlic, parsley, a splash of Franciacorta

Rigatoni alla Vodka “Don”18

Tomato, cream, vodka, Calabrian chili. Ask for it the way he liked it.

Cacio e Pepe Spaziale17

Tonnarelli, Pecorino Romano, three peppers — one of them grown on Mars

Tagliatelle al Ragù19

Eight-hour Bolognese, hand-cut egg pasta

Lasagna della Domenica19

Seven layers, slow ragù, béchamel. Sundays — and whenever Nonna says so.

Spaghetti al pomodoro with basil on a checkered tablecloth

A slice of lasagna alla bolognese being served

Secondi

Ossobuco con Risotto Giallo29

Braised veal shank, gremolata, saffron risotto — Milano on a plate

Cotoletta alla Milanese26

Bone-in, butter-fried, as wide as the plate. Rocket and lemon.

Polpette di Mamma Lucia18

Meatballs simmered in sugo, bread for the scarpetta

Dolci

Tiramisù di Zio Franco9

Mascarpone, savoiardi, double espresso, a secret splash

Cannoli Siciliani8

Filled to order with ricotta, pistachio and candied orange

Panna Cotta al Limone8

Wobbly, bright, made with Amalfi lemons

Tiramisu in a glass coupe with espresso and amaretti

Prices in euro. Gluten-free pasta on request. Coperto? Never — Nonno would turn in his grave.

al bar

Bevande

A Negroni with an orange twist and an espresso on the chrome bar

Cocktail

Negroni della Famiglia13

Campari, house vermouth, gin, orange

Spritz Orbitale12

Aperol, prosecco, a floating zero-g orange sphere

Americano “Caro Bruno”11

Our chrome waiter’s favourite. He can’t drink it.

Vini · glass / bottle

Barolo “Riserva del Don” 210914 / 68

Nebbiolo, cherries, tar and family arguments

Franciacorta Brut11 / 52

Lombardy’s own bubbles, for birthdays and Tuesdays

Lambrusco della Casa7 / 28

Cold, fizzy, purple. Goes with everything.

Analcolici

Chinotto Artigianale5

Limonata di Sorrento5

Acqua del Naviglio, frizzante4

Caffè & Digestivi

Espresso2

Cappuccino3.5

Before 11:00 only. House rule since 2021.

Affogato6

Amaro della Casa7

The bright dining room with green booths, checkered tablecloths and a chrome robot waiter

le regole

The Family has rules.

Uno.

Nobody leaves hungry.

Second helpings are free for children, grandparents and anyone who looks sad.

Due.

Never cut the spaghetti.

Bruno will bring you a spoon and a lesson. He is very patient. He is a robot.

Tre.

The sugo stays in the family.

Four generations have kept the recipe. Don’t ask. Really, don’t ask Nonna.

The trattoria with its green awning near the Duomo in Milano 2125

vieni a trovarci

Come hungry. Bring the family.

Dove

Piazza dei Navigli Volanti 21
20121 Milano
Hover-parking on the roof

Quando

Tue–Sun 12:00–15:00 & 19:00–24:00
Sunday lunch: lasagna from 12:30
Closed Mondays (Nonna’s bridge night)

Prenota · +39 02 2125 2021