Enter via the pizza oven (not literally) into the modern two-level space of Pinzimonio with its casual demeanour and simple Mondrian colour aesthetic. The specialty here is cutlets (chicken or pork) served with a variety of cheese or truffle sauces, but it also does fine renditions of the old Italian standards including wonderfully blistered pizzas.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Como attractions

1. Basilica di San Fedele

0.07 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…

2. Pinacoteca Civica

0.15 MILES

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

3. Duomo

0.16 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…

4. Broletto

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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…

5. Porta Torre

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

6. Basilica di Sant'Abbondio

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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

0.53 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. Monumento ai Caduti

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This monument to Italy's WWI war dead is a classic example of fascist-era architecture and dates to 1931.