"This 16th-century church refectory turned subterranean bar-restaurant in Brera is your spot for aperitivo. Tables and a few bar seats fill up quickly in the moody cavernous space, and at sunset, the chic afterwork crowd sits on the street, glasses in-hand. Downstairs, groups of friends order salumi boards and lots of bottles, their voices traveling across the tall vaulted ceiling and bouncing off thousands of for-sale reds, whites, and bubbles that line the walls. It may be a wine bar, but this isn’t the place to sit and ponder terrior. Skip the food and go straight for the mixed salumi board and cheese plate. photo credit: Laura Baiardini" - Elizabeth De Filippo-Jones