The neighborhood place took some hits in the boom economy. Destination retail, slicked-out foodie palaces, and secret after-hours addresses all saw their stock rise, over the course of the great derivatives age, as year by year and one by one, the little stumbled-upon joints drew their shutters and slipped noiselessly off the radar. Hip was [...]

Milan is a great city mainly for two reasons: genius shopping and fabulous food. Whenever I travel here—for fashion week, meetings, or just some straight, simple, mad shopping—I always try to plan everything around places where I can stop and enjoy a nice, proper meal or snack. You can find any kind of restaurant in [...]