Andrea Aprea Restaurant opens in the heart of Milan: the relationship between haute cuisine and design is a dialogue between vision, textures and senses

A dialogue between the ancient and the present, memory and culture, materiality and emotion: living a gastronomic and environmental experience capable of introducing us to a new era is possible in the new Andrea Aprea Restaurant in the setting of the historic Palazzo in Milan dating back to 1871 and now home to the Luigi Rovati Foundation and its Art Museum . Located at number 52 Corso Venezia, on the top floor of the Palazzo, the restaurant was designed by Flaviano Capriotti Architetti, who also oversaw the design of the Cafe Bistrot overlooking the secret green courtyard. 
An environment designed for the senses, a place to experience the relationship with food, between waiting and sharing the gustatory consequences: in a dimension of continuous aesthetic surprise, straddling intimacy and completeness

The design of the restaurant carries all the values of the gastronomic experience that chef Andrea Aprea has defined in his 20-year research journey. The environment is characterized by a visually striking space, where a surprising panoramic window opens onto the Porta Venezia park and the city skyline. The interiors develop the relationship between the expectation and delivery of the dining experience with a contemporary twist, creating subtle relationships of meaning with the Palazzo's new call, cultural context, noble materials, and continuous dialogue with artworks, including the site-specific work created by Andrea Sala, "The Dress of a Reflection" for the Palazzo's gable

The restaurant is spread over 400 m², divided into a 210 m² dining room, private dining room, wine cellar, entrance hall and a 190 m² kitchen. There is room for 36 diners, with eight tables arranged in the central dining room, where guests' eyes take in the ineffable expressive linearity of the kitchen: completely on display. The large central dining room features walls covered with ashlar work in Bucchero made to Capriotti's chosen design. A spectacular circular Murano glass and gold leaf chandelier - designed by Capriotti and produced by Barovier&Toso using the ancient "dew" technique - marks the central position of the room and dialogues with the sloping perspectives of the walls and ceiling that make the entire space a sort of proscenium from which to observe the haute cuisine at work

Overlooking the Palazzo's green courtyard is Caffè Bistrot, for which chef Andrea Aprea has redefined the canons of popular Italian cuisine through a selection of great classics. The space - 135 m² for 22 diners indoors and 12 outdoors - draws on the tradition of the cafés of cosmopolitan, bourgeois Milan of the early 20th century to showcase the key elements of Italian cuisine, from breakfast to dinner, with a range capable of indulging the desire for conviviality and good taste at any time. The design of the flows revolves around an iconic semi-circular counter in burnished brass that dictates the progression of the space and directs the gaze of guests, always towards the green outdoors,whether for a quick coffee, a cocktail at the counter or a meal seated at the tables by the window