“A Santa Lucia” is a small monument in the centre of Milan: its rooms welcome the guests as they were in the ‘30s, same chairs, same tables, mirrors, wall lamps, the wood on the walls, taken from the first seat in Via Agnello. Everything is simple and original, even the high chair that took in all the children of the high Milanese society: the Moratti, the Casati, the Borlengo and the Sugar. The table where Eduardo De Filippo and Totò used to seat and bow to the ones who greeted them, just like at the theatre, is still there; you can ask to have dinner where Wanda Osiris used to, reaching for her table with the same movements and the same smile she had while going down the stairs; or you can choose the table where Mina and Carmelo Bene used to play cards until morning came. For the ones who love Vips, a pause at “a Santa Lucia” will be a real leap into today’s celebrities.

At the bottom, starting from the left: pictures with dedications by Delia Scala, Carmelo Bene together with Vittorio Gassman, Master Muti, a very young Adriano Celentano and Enrico Montesano.