Luini Panzerotti
Since 1888, the Luini family has been frying panzerotti — half-moon pockets of soft dough stuffed with tomato and mozzarella — from a tiny shop just off the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. The queue outside Via Santa Radegonda 16 is a permanent feature of central Milan, and it moves fast.
What to order and why it matters
The classic fritto (fried) panzerotto with tomato and mozzarella is the undisputed order, and it costs around €3. The dough is light, the filling is molten, and the whole thing is handed to you in a paper bag with a napkin — eat it standing on the street like every Milanese person around you.
Luini also does a baked version (al forno) for those who prefer a lighter option, and seasonal fillings that rotate throughout the year. But the fried original is the reason people have been coming here for over a century, and it's the reason you should too.
When to go and what's nearby
The shop opens at 10 am Tuesday through Saturday and the queue is shortest right at opening or after 2:30 pm when the lunch rush subsides. It's closed Sundays and Mondays. The wait, even in a long queue, rarely exceeds 15 minutes.
You're one block from the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan's magnificent 19th-century shopping arcade. Eat your panzerotto as you walk through the Galleria's iron-and-glass nave — it's one of those perfectly Milanese combinations of grandeur and street food.
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