LUDO Dine & Vibe 
3 Gluten-Free Pastry Shops in Milan 
To trace the origins of the first brunch, one has to take a leap back in time almost two centuries and find oneself in nineteenth-century England. It is precisely in this historical period that we find the first evidence of it: in the courts of the time, in fact, sumptuous banquets were organised for the nobles returning from hunting expeditions. From the United Kingdom to America, where the stars and stripes tradition has made brunch an essential weekend ritual, a rich meal combining breakfast and lunch, after a slow awakening.
A custom that has turned into an international trend, which has also landed in the capital, in a riot of offers and tasty proposals, between sweet and savoury. A mouth-watering appointment capable of conquering all palates, to be savoured while discovering the best brunches in Rome.
JACOPA
Via Jacopa de’ Settesoli, 7
Restaurant, cafeteria and cocktail bar, from breakfast to after dinner. Jacopa is the address where you can recharge your batteries with a Bloody Mary and experience the creative cuisine signed by two young and talented chefs, Jacopo Ricci and Piero Drago, who pay great attention to the quality and origin of the raw materials used to create their daring dishes. Sunday is brunch day, to be chosen à la carte, in a mouth-watering weave of varied proposals: eggs, bacon, sausage, baked potatoes – from the most traditionalAmerican breakfast recipes -, French toast, fluffy pancakes and irresistible burgers.
ENOTECA FERRARA
Piazza Trilussa, 41
A corner of Trastevere where the history and tradition of Italian oenology is enhanced. Enoteca Ferrara is a place with four souls (beer garden, wine bar, restaurant and osteria), all directed towards a single goal: to offer a taste experience of excellent quality. The brunch does not disappoint expectations: a tribute to our homeland from the warmth of family lunches or in the company of loved ones, in a delicious interweaving of traditional regional dishes, paired with excellent wines that can also be sipped by the glass.
PROLOCO TRASTEVERE
Via Goffredo Mameli 23
At Proloco Trastevere, Sunday is ‘farmer’s lunch’, a special brunch highlighting the produce of the land through traditional Italian rural recipes. Cold meats, cheeses, seasonal vegetables, first and second courses respecting the harvest, and strictly home-made desserts. An address that is also worth a visit during the week, for a taste of the local specialities of the Lazio region, to be enjoyed also during aperitifs with gourmet pizzas cooked in a wood-fired oven and the bartender’s whimsical mixes.
IL MARGUTTA
Via Margutta, 118
The Margutta represents the balanced encounter between healthy food and art, a RistoArte that promotes vegetarian and vegan cuisine in its gluttony and a synergic dialogue between food-body and nourishment-spirit, in a whirlwind of refined dishes to be savoured with papillae and pupils. Brunch, here, could only follow the green philosophy : available midweek and at weekends, you can tease your veg side with a selection of à la carte dishes, accompanied by the captivating sounds of live music.
REC23 – EMPORIO CLUB
Piazza dell’Emporio 1/2
Lasagne, flans, aubergine parmigiane, Bufala braids, eggs with bacon, tarts, brownies, Italian and Anglo-Saxon biscuits and delicious pancakes to be filled with maple syrup, chocolate, cream and jams. Rec23’s brunch is a real temptation in Testaccio, not only for the sweet tooth. To be savoured in a warm and cosy location, with a minimalist design and post-industrial style, you will feel like you are in the streets of cosmopolitan New York in no time at all.
KILO
Via Tirso, 30
A braceria restaurant in the heart of the Parioli area that satisfies the palates of fire and grill lovers with flying colours. At Kilo’s you will be won over by the large meat counter – of excellent quality – where fillets, steaks, kebabs, burgers and meatballs from Italy, Denmark and Scotland parade. The Roman address for an unusual brunch, outside the usual schemes, where the flavours and aromas of perfectly cooked meat will triumph, accompanied by side dishes and tasty sauces.
RISTORANTE DOLCE
Via Tripolitania, 4
A restaurant with kitchen, pastry shop and cocktail bar where you can take part in a journey of flavours that leads from Italy to America and Asia. The Dolce Restaurant is culinary experimentation and evolution: every dish is made with love and the menu surprises the taste buds with a rich selection of fish and meat dishes. Brunch at Dolce is incredibly mouth-watering, served à la carte and distinctly New York inspired: eggs, omelettes, bagels, sandwiches, burgers and pancakes prepared to perfection alternate with exotic twists, including caramelised chicken in sweet and sour sauce and super Thai rice wok with chicken, prawns and vegetables. A tour of the world in brunch format.
COROMANDEL
Via di Monte Giordano, 60/61
Just a few steps from the marvellous Piazza Navona is Coromandel, a cosy restaurant, enveloped in a cosy atmosphere reminiscent of a refined drawing room of bygone days. The brunch – or ‘American breakfast’ – at this romantic restaurant is inspired by American tradition, with a focus on burgers, cooked to perfection and served with pecorino potatoes and bbq sauce. And for the sweet tooth, pancakes are a must, accompanied by scrambled eggs, bacon and maple syrup.
FAD BURGER AND BISTROT
Viale delle Orchidee, 45
A new entry on the Roman gastronomic scene. FAD Burger and Bistrot is a place that in a short time has managed to win the hearts – and palates – of quality street food lovers. Kingdom of homemade burgers and chips, this sparkling bistrot is the ideal address for those in search of an alternative brunch; here, every Sunday, the gastronomic appointment is full of surprises in a succession of special proposals that combine Italian and international specialities, with the aim of recounting, in strokes of creativity and multifaceted combinations, the most authentic flavours and aromas of the Bel Paese, with delicious escapes across the border.
