Bar Luce
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Wes Anderson designed this one. Inside the Fondazione Prada in southeast Milan, it's a perfect recreation of a 1950s Milanese café: pinball machines, formica, pastel tones, the works.
Wes Anderson built Bar Luce in 2015 as part of the Fondazione Prada's new arts complex. The reference is to a midcentury Milan that mostly doesn't exist anymore: pistachio walls, Cassina chairs, a vintage jukebox that still plays, two pinball machines from the 1950s. The food is intentionally simple (panini, cake by the slice, espresso, cocktails), because the food's fine; you come to sit inside the Wes Anderson set. Pair with the Fondazione Prada itself, three hours of contemporary art before lunch.
- Price — €€
- Order — an espresso at the formica counter
- walk in
- Largo Isarco · Fondazione Prada
- Wes Anderson design
- Pair with the museum
- Closed Tuesdays
From the HALA guide, reviewed August 2026.
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