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The 10 most anticipated restaurants of 2018
The 10 most anticipated restaurants of 2018

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Speaking of new restaurants, the year that has just begun seems to have a lot to offer, from the blockbusters to Cracco to the Milanese arrival of Heinz Beck. If we then broaden the discussion to coffee shops and pastry shops, the list becomes irresistible and even more Milan-centered.

These are the 10 "restaurants" that the editorial staff of Dissapore meeting in conclave in the Headquarters judges the most anticipated of 2018.

What judgment do you share?

1. GO | MASSIMO BOTTURA - Florence

Modena moves to Florence and does it in style. From Gucci, the owner of the Osteria Francescana was commissioned to set up GO (Gucci Osteria), that is, the bistro of the Gucci Garden, a renovated space of the Florentine maison in the beautiful Palazzo della Mercanzia in Piazza della Signoria.

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The inauguration is imminent: Pitti Uomo will take place at the Fortezza da Basso from 10 to 12 January, Gucci intends to open precisely on the occasion of the fashion shows. To our microphones Bottura spoke of January 9th.

The Mexican cook Karime Kondo, wife of Taka Kondo, Bottura's sous chef at Osteria Francescana, will put the Bottura style into practice, faithful to the "come, I'll take you into the world" line shared by the chef from Modena and Alessandro Michele, designer Gucci. Within the space there will also be a single-edition product shop and a museum space curated by art critic Maria Luisa Frisa.

2. CRACCO IN THE TUNNEL - Milan

After a series of postponements, in February it should be the right time for Cracco in the Galleria. Former Mercedes space, 1000 square meters spread over five floors, 4 kitchens: Cracco's project is ambitious.

The wine shop is in the basement, "right under the feet of thousands of people who walk around every day". On the ground floor, the café with bistro is being completed, a gastronomic proposal that ranges from small breakfast to lunch, from aperitif to dinner as well as after dinner at La Scala, and the pastry chef Luca Sacchi, now second of Cracco, with a corner for the chocolate shop.

On the first floor the real restaurant awaits you, with 50 seats, and on the upper floor the "party room", a space reserved for receptions and special events. The main entrance is in the gallery, the one for private events at the back, with access from via Silvio Pellico and an independent lift to go up to the top floor.

3. STARBUCKS - Milan

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starbucks-roastery-1300x867

After rumors, indiscretions, controversies (do you remember the palm trees?), Accelerations and slowdowns, 2018 is the year in which Starbucks will arrive in Italy, in Milan. The chosen place is Palazzo Broggi, in Piazza Cordusio, known as Palazzo delle Poste. Built around 1900, it was the seat of the Milan Stock Exchange.

Opinions differ considerably on the arrival in Italy of the American giant, present in 75 countries in the world, with 27,000 stores and a turnover of 23 billion dollars. Some consider it a threat to the bar as we understand it, an American built on ideas and even on Italian names, in short, a humiliation.

And it doesn't matter if Howard Schultz - former CEO and now executive president of the group, but still the number 1 as well as the founder - acknowledges that he was enlightened by Italian bars to build the largest chain of coffee shops on the planet.

On the contrary, those in favor underline the opportunities of the operation. It is enough to enter a coffeehouse of the chain to understand that, surrounded by sofas, tables, large cups, intense coffee scent, welcoming music and free Wi-Fi, you are not in a simple place of consumption. In short, you enter for a Frappuccino and you end up giving life to a start-up.

While waiting to know how it will be received and above all to know the opinion of you readers of Dissapore, lovers of espresso made to perfection, we give you some more information.

The classic Starbucks store will not open in Milan, but a “roastery”, let's translate it with roasting. Large spaces (2500 square meters), exposed workmanship, elegant furnishings. Customers will be able to buy blends and products related to the brand. There will be a super fast WI-FI connection, music with the Spotify partner, Fintech payment services. And finally, the collaboration with the chic bakeries of Princi, a well-known name in Milan for baked goods.

4. NOMA 2.0 - Copenhagen

2018 marks the return of Renè Redzepi, the foraging guru. Probably in February, in an urban farm on the outskirts of Copenhagen complete with a greenhouse on the roof and a garden floating on a raft, Noma will reopen.

After months of brainstorming and exploring the Scandinavian peninsula, the Danish chef and his team have come up with a series of menus that will change with the seasons.

The ocean is the protagonist of the winter months: fish, seafood (sea urchins, wild oysters), plants that resist frost and a mise en place with a "cold and aquatic" aesthetic, whatever the two adjectives anticipated by the chef mean.

In spring, space for greenery and the richness of the plant kingdom, with small portions and a combination of cooked and raw products. From May to September the Noma will be a vegetarian restaurant with the menu organized around the products of the urban farm. Finally, autumn, here is the forest: mushrooms, nuts, berries. And then goose and moose.

The new Noma will open from Wednesday to Saturday, for lunch and dinner with the same menu. Reservations have been open for some time, so get in line and don't complain about the wait.

5. ATTIMI by HEINZ BECK - Milan

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After Rome it is the turn of Milan, for Attimi, the gourmet restaurant at Terminal 3 of Fiumicino airport born from the collaboration between Heinz Beck and the Cremonini Group.

The opening of the Milanese version is scheduled for March, in the Food Court of the Citylife Shopping Distric (if the Milanese speak like this, it is not our fault), a 32 thousand square meter shopping center (for the Milanese "mall" - aridanghete) branded by the archistar Zaha Hadid.

The innovative formula of the restaurant in Rome will also be imported. Like the airport, the shopping center is a transit place, which is why the menus are "timed" so to speak, to be chosen based on how much time you have available: 30, 45 or 60 minutes.

Prices close the circle, which as in Rome will be relatively affordable.

6. THE NIKO ROMITO RESTAURANT WITH BULGARI - Milan

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It seems that by the first half of 2018 Niko Romito will also arrive in Milan.

From his 3 Michelin star restaurant, Reale Casadonna, the Abruzzo chef will arrive in the Lombard capital following the collaboration inaugurated with Bulgari, the luxury brand part of the French group LVMH which is about to open six new hotels around the world.

"Il Ristorante" by Niko Romito will find its place inside the Bulgari hotel and, according to the chef, the menu will be a tribute to Made in Italy food, the real one, what you eat on holidays at families' homes Italian. “Alone, made lighter, essential and contemporary”.

Will another Michelin star arrive?

7. THE PASTRY OF IGINIO MASSARI - MILAN

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If so far the pilgrimage of pastry lovers had as the chosen destination Brescia, home of the Veneto pastry shop, Iginio Massari has decided to make it easier by opening a new shop in Milan.

Brescia remains the parent company, but make a note of the Milanese address in via Marconi, where the new space will be opened within an Intesa San Paolo branch (and who expected a bank / pastry collaboration?).

We already know that the workshop will be visible from the street, with likely long lines of admirers with their noses stuck to the windows to see how the master's creations are born.

8. SHARING BY LAVAZZA WITH FERRAN ADRIA - Turin

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Sharing”by Lavazza is the name of the new Turin restaurant which Ferran Adrià - father of molecular cuisine and owner of the historic El Bulli in Roses, north of Barcelona, closed in 2011 - will be the director.

The renovation works are proceeding swiftly in the "cathedral", the former Enel power plant located next to Palazzo Nuvola, current headquarters of Adrià's historical partner, that is Lavazza, and in all probability as early as April / May 2018 Turin will have the pleasure of attending the inauguration of the new venue.

The 41-year-old chef who will be responsible for running the “Italian restaurant in Adrià” will be Federico Zanasi, Modenese, formerly at the Amerigo 1934 restaurant in Savigno, near Bologna, then a collaborator of Moreno Cedroni at La Madonnina del Pescatore in Senigallia, and in 2013 became executive chef of the restaurant attached to the "Principe delle stelle" hotel in Cervinia.

The design of the room on the first floor of the Nuvola building was entrusted to the architect Cino Zucchi, and includes futuristic exteriors entirely in glass, while the interiors will be designed by Oscar-winning set designer Dante Ferretti.

A great project for Lavazza and for Adria, who chose Turin, and Italy, as the location for their first experience outside Spain, where they combine cuisine and conviviality.

9. ANDREA BERTON & CLUB MED - Cefalù

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The Friulian chef, Milanese by adoption, one of the most capable students of the Gualtiero Marchesi school, will work alongside his Milanese restaurant with a collaboration with the new Club Med resort in Cefalù, near Palermo, overlooking a scenic cliff, overlooking the bay.

June is the month scheduled for the opening of the 80-seat restaurant, probably called La Riva Beach.

In addition to the "Summer" and "Winter" menus consisting of 2 entrees, 2 main courses and 2 desserts, there is the "Prestige" menu, with some more elaborate dishes to be tasted by the sea. There will be a lot of fish and space for Sicilian traditions: shellfish, citrus fruits, pistachios, aubergines, tomatoes.

10. WURST HALL of KENJI-LOPEZ - San Mateo, Silicon Valley

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In San Mateo, in the heart of Silicon Valley, with Chez Panisse, the temple of politically correct catering by American cook Alice Waters, just a stone's throw away, J. Kenji López-Alt will open Wurst Hall between November and December.

We are talking about the same Kenji-Lopez that Italian enthusiasts know for being an American chef, writer of culinary bestsellers, as well as guru of the American site Serious Eats.

Wurst Hall will be divided into two different environments: a brewery on the first floor, and a cocktail bar on the ground floor. On the menu of the brewery, in addition to thirty German and local craft beers on tap, there will be classic dishes of German cuisine, such as sandwiches with frankfurters and mustard, bean salad, savory donuts with cheese and sauerkraut, caramel apple strudel with smoked sea salt.

The cocktail bar will serve drinks and spirits instead, without a dedicated food menu.

Disappointed by the guru of modernist cuisine? It happens, but for his debut in the world of catering Kenji-Lopez has chosen an accessible formula, without too many formalities or the stiff service of a starred restaurant.

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