Come the weekend and you’ll be hard-pressed to squeeze into the grotto-style dining room of this burger joint where young comaschi come to down Baladin craft beers and scoff gourmet hamburgers stuffed with Lessinia beef, crisp bacon and smokey stracciatella. Salmon, chicken and even vegan burgers are available.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Como attractions

1. Pinacoteca Civica

0.02 MILES

Despite its inadequate labelling, Como’s art gallery has a sizeable collection with some rich pickings. Most interesting are the frescoes and sculpture…

2. Porta Torre

0.12 MILES

The southern gate in Como's defensive walls, bordered by a 40m 12th-century tower.

3. Basilica di San Fedele

0.15 MILES

Hemmed in by houses these days and enclosing one side of what was once a medieval grain market, this Lombard Romanesque basilica dates back to the 7th…

4. Duomo

0.29 MILES

Como’s awesome marble-clad cathedral is one of the most important buildings on the lake, incorporating a variety of styles – Romanesque, Renaissance and…

5. Broletto

0.3 MILES

The polychromatic Broletto, or medieval town hall, sits right beside Como's towering duomo. Unusually, it butts right up against the cathedral and is very…

6. Basilica di Sant'Abbondio

0.39 MILES

About 500m south of Como’s city walls is this austere 11th-century Romanesque church, once the seat of a bishopric built on the orders of St Amantius of…

7. Tempio Voltiano

0.62 MILES

The photogenic lakeside Tempio Voltiano was built in 1927. This neoclassical temple is now a museum devoted to Como-born ­electric-­battery inventor…

8. Museo della Seta

0.65 MILES

Far from being a flashy collection of silk scarves, this highly educational study of Como’s long-standing textile industry explains the full silk-making…