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Filippo La Mantia
Opened in April 2015, the new Filippo La Mantia space in Piazza Risorgimento Milan is far more than just a restaurant or a homage to Sicily. It’s a showcase for the Palermitan cook’s many passions: food (of course), but also wine, music, motorcycles and photography.
The elegant new interior was created by the architect – and friend Piero Lissoni. Friendship lies, in fact, at the very heart of the project, which Filippo sees it as an informal gathering spot, open from 7.30-2am.
Food is, naturally, the founding principle, and can be ordered all day but Filippo believes a venue is ‘made of the people who frequent it’. The ambience is therefore welcoming, comfortable, flexible, without partitions – and aesthetically pleasing, to boot. An enormous lounge which unwraps over 1,800 square metres spread over two floors, it’s a place where guests can find the spaces and situations to suit them, whether they’re here to drink, eat, chat, work (free Wi-Fi), enjoy the company of friends – or simply relax.