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Sophia Loren Restaurant (Milano)

Sophia Loren Restaurant's Milan branch, opened 6 June 2022, carries the pizza programme of Francesco Martucci of I Masanielli in Caserta: a highly hydrated dough with complex fermentation and haute-cuisine toppings. Martucci trained three named pizzaioli to run the ovens day to day rather than working the pass himself. The restaurant explicitly describes itself as a restaurant with a pizza offering rather than a pizzeria.

Via Cesare Cantù 3, 20123 Milano · Milan · Pizza contemporanea · est. 2022

A close view of a pizza with anchovy, black olives, burrata and basil on a yellow base.
From Sophia Loren Restaurant (Milano) (@sophialorenrestaurant)

Why it is here

Sophia Loren Restaurant's Milan branch, opened 6 June 2022, carries the pizza programme of Francesco Martucci of I Masanielli in Caserta: a highly hydrated dough with complex fermentation and haute-cuisine toppings. Martucci trained three named pizzaioli to run the ovens day to day rather than working the pass himself. The restaurant explicitly describes itself as a restaurant with a pizza offering rather than a pizzeria.

What to order

Futuro di Marinara (double-cooked: fried then baked)

What we looked at

Highly hydrated dough, complex fermentation (I Masanielli method)Wood-fired and electric ovens used for a double cookHaute-cuisine toppings ('alta cucina nei topping')Named trained team running the ovens (Scamardella, Mihai, Nabati) rather than the credited maker