Pizzeria with tasting menus in Carrobbio, Milan

Confine

Pizza at the Border

3.5 of 5

Confine means border. The two men from Salerno behind it, pizzaiolo Francesco Capece and Mario Ventura on the floor and the wine, opened it about three years ago on a small square a couple of steps from the Carrobbio and the Colonne di San Lorenzo. The motto on the website is 1+1=3. Their pizza has travelled as far as the 2026 Super Bowl. Quite a commute for a dough ball.

You can eat à la carte, split into fried things, single slices and whole pizzas. Miseria e Nobiltà is a fried frittatina of bucatini cacio e pepe topped with red tuna tartare and smoked herring roe. Zucchine alla Capece plays on the Neapolitan zucchine alla scapece, with zucchini cream, provola, squash blossoms and 18-year balsamic. The Calgyoza is a slice of calzone with an Asian heart: soy-glazed cabbage, pork belly, raw red prawn. Or skip the decisions and take one of three tasting paths, €55 to €70, with Mario's pairing on top.

Purists will grumble about pizza with a tasting menu. Let them. The dough is the backbone here, a light, open crust that carries the toppings without going soggy, and the service runs smoothly. Most of the room is on a tasting path, which tells you something. Book, go hungry, and let the pairing do its job.

Order this

Miseria e Nobiltà, the fried bucatini cacio e pepe, Zucchine alla Capece, Calgyoza, the calzone slice with pork belly and red prawn, A tasting path with Mario's wine pairing

The damage

$$$

Go

Dinner, booked ahead; come hungry enough for a tasting path

Find it

Piazza Cardinal Massaia, 20123 Milano

Website

confinemilano.it