The stars of Bergamo

The new starred restaurants of Lombardy Lombardy remains the most starry region of Italy with 62 restaurants (3 *** 5 ** 54 *) There are several Lombardy innovations.

The new starred restaurants of Lombardy

Lombardy remains the most starry region of Italy with 62 restaurants (3 *** 5 ** 54 *) There are several Lombardy innovations.

Among the new entries that conquer the first Michelin star, here is the Impronte restaurant in Bergamo, with the young chef Cristian Fagone, born in 1988. And again, The Air at the Mandarin Oriental in Blevio, on Lake Como, led by chef Vincenzo Guarino received a star, as did Villa Naj in Stradella, in the province of Pavia, which sees Alessandro Proietti Refrigeri, another young chef born in 1988, a protagonist in the kitchen


“The Bergamo area turns out to be a great protagonist of the Michelin Guide with nine starred restaurants. From Vittorio to Brusaporto which confirms the three stars, Frosio in Almè, Il Saraceno in Cavernago, Casual in Bergamo, Florian Maison in San Paolo d'Argon, LoRo in Trescore Balneario, San Martino in Treviglio and Osteria della Brughiera at Villa d'Almè and Impronte in Bergamo that conquer or confirm a star.

 

Several exponents of a cuisine linked to traditions that with farsightedness, through local products, knows how to revisit the history of our land in an innovative way ”.

 


There would be practically no need to even mention it, such is the fame and prestige of this historic restaurant led by the Cerea family, which celebrated fifty years of activity. The ability and talent of the brothers, as well as the kindness of the gestures of an unparalleled welcome, is found in the stunning gourmet menu, one of the highest expressions of contemporary Italian cuisine. But the perfect menu is always the simplest: mixed fried in the copper pan in the middle of the table, Paccheri alla Vittorio and Orecchia di Elefante. You don't need anything else.

 

Prices: 80 -280 Euros

 

A great classic of classic Bergamo gourmet cuisine. Securely guided by Paolo Frosio in the kitchen, with his brother Camillo to govern the imposing cellar and the exhilarating hall of the eighteenth-century house on three floors with an adjoining walled garden outside (and ancient tower where the precious bottles that make up the paper of the wines and distillates). A classic, it was said, and also one of the first to take the Michelin star, in 1993, to be honest.

 

Prices: 60 - 80 Euros

 

If the good taste and intelligence of Stefano Arrigoni, a lover of beautiful things, had not decided to open his own Osteria, guided in the kitchen by trusted Paolo Benigni, the Bergamo people would never have tasted the pumpkin ginger and zola cappelletti and could never enjoy the elegant living room. That is why when you ask Bergamo for a place to eat, the answer is almost always: Osteria della Brughiera.

 

Prices: 80 - 105 Euros

 


There would be practically no need to even mention it, such is the fame and prestige of this historic restaurant led by the Cerea family, which celebrated fifty years of activity. The ability and talent of the brothers, as well as the kindness of the gestures of an unparalleled welcome, is found in the stunning gourmet menu, one of the highest expressions of contemporary Italian cuisine. But the perfect menu is always the simplest: mixed fried in the copper pan in the middle of the table, Paccheri alla Vittorio and Orecchia di Elefante. You don't need anything else.

 

Prices: 30 - 122 Euros

 

The brand new city star restaurant. The revelation man Enrico Bartolini, able to turn almost everything he touches into stars, has also laid his hand on Città Alta, but Marco Locatelli, a gritty young man who orchestrates the room naturally orchestrates the success and dizzying ascent. , and of the very young Alex Manzoni, certainly prodigious, who is pulling out his personality alongside the more classic Bartolini creations (which always remain on the menu). The environment is one of the most comfortable in the province. As fascinating in the evening as during the lunch, thanks perhaps to the immense windows from which you can see the funicular railway that arrives in San Vigilio. Among the most beautiful things: a private parking lot with embarrassing comfort.

 

Prices: 45 - 120 Euros

 

Each dish is born from a memory, a lived emotion that comes to life in the kitchen and is enriched with research and technology to enhance the value of the raw material.
A seasonal proposal that lays the foundations in choosing a raw material that is always fresh. A mix of dishes born of sometimes casual suggestions, memories and emotions. Creativity, technique and passion.
We love cooking and experimentation, with contrasts of flavor, consistency and sensations, without ever losing sight of our guests' satisfaction.

 

Prices: 55 -80 Euros

 

 


Last arrived, led by chef Umberto De Martino, who brought with him a bit of Mediterraneanism. A new voice that speaks of fish in an original way. And, you know, these are precisely the topics that the Bergamo people like. A very classic table lets itself be invaded during dinner by that typical culinary joy that is the heritage of certain southern cuisines. But everything always away from any possible disturbing element, to leave the diner only the pleasure of eating something good.

 

Prices: 58 - 95 Euros

Francesco Longhi and Antonio Rocchetti (from the initials of their surnames, the name of the restaurant) have succeeded in their personal enterprise: to create a place of welcome and good food where they can express themselves freely. They found it in a renovated country house that offers large spaces, divided into rooms and atmospheres that interact with each other and follow one another, passing from the restaurant to the bistro and from the open cellar to the party room. Essential but always recognizable the hand of the cook, as much as that of the director. He reached the star in 2011.

 

Prices: 65 -120 Euros

 

The history of the restaurant begins a generation ago, in the 1960s, when Beppe and Olga started the management, and the winning of the prestigious award was in 1990. Today the reins are in the hands of the children who commit themselves with passion to the philosophy of the simple and good that represents them for two decades. The strong point is the flavors of the sea with all their nuances expressed in a simple and very clear style: dishes never too elaborate, to enhance the value of each individual ingredient as much as possible

 

Prices: 90 -150 Euros