Della Rina - Mailand

Bad! I understand that we are at the renaissance is that the Cathedral is on the side, but here we are in the underground!! Breakfast with a tea (6 euro) and a slice of cake (5 euro), I ask a glass of water bring me a bottle of ice water to the small amount of 3 euro!! To avoid.

On the -1 floor of the Rinascente in the middle of the design and more there is a bar and a bar, heated, where to take a coffee. Half an extra point because the coffee, served at the counter, is preceded by a liquor glass with inside, however, natural water, a rarity in Milan, and a habit in the South but in plastic glasses). The coffee is also discreet and costs the right, on average Duomo area.

While we are sitting on the floor less one, without some air, surrounded by a crowd in prey to the hysteria of the sales, in front of a tea costed 6 euros, we wondered “what are we doing here?”. But to answer this question it is necessary to rewind the tape, and start from the beginning. Those who, like us, grew up in the 80s glued to the TV that on Italia1 transmitted at least twice a year that masterpiece that is “Great storerooms”, the Rinascente of Milan represents the dream that becomes reality. Let's forget that the mobile scales are made in such a way as to force you to cross several departments that you don't care about. And let's forget the fact that in order to reach them you have to do the slalom among the tasks of the perfumery department that spray you with betrayal every kind of essence. We are at the Renaissance, the realm of shopping. It can happen, while shopping, that you get caught by a hunger attack. No problem, because on the floor less one, in the middle of the department of design objects, there is a cafeteria. They called it “Bar della Rina”, squeezing the eye to the very annoying and very Milanese habit of truncating words. And perhaps this was already a valid reason not to sit at those lilac tables: there must be a way to express your dissent in choosing the name of the premises. One could be, in fact, to say “we in a place with a name like this do not come”. Instead, we went, even knowing that absurd name. And we ordered a tea, while knowing it costs 6 euros. All because we are at the Rinascente, and at the Rinascente people get soaked up (maybe the perfumes with which they water you at the entrance? . We also fell down: we went to the Rinascente, we bought useless things only because on balance, we were hungry, we said “but yes, we have breakfast at the Rina bar. In the end we have saved with the sales, we can throw 11 euros for a breakfast”. We ordered a mint green tea (Kusmi and a slice of plum cake banana and nuts, and while we ate it we wondered “what are we doing here?” Why did we accept the idea of spending 11 euros for an even excellent breakfast? Why would this thing seem crazy outside the Rinascente and it seems acceptable here? The answer is, of course, in that 86 movie. If you don't remember.

Have a break there and enjoy the elevator flow, the people, the colors, and of course the view to the Leica and Kartell spots, the books and the great service, too!

Have a Break then continue shopping