Bu:r

Bu:r is a restaurant of creative Italian cooking on Via Giuseppe Mercalli, near Corso Italia in Milan. Eugenio Boer runs the kitchen, and his wife and business partner Carlotta Perilli looks after the guests.

The odd name is simply the chef's Dutch surname written the way it is pronounced. Boer is half Dutch, was born in Liguria and later made Sicily a home of his own. He cooked with Norbert Niederkofler at St. Hubertus in the Dolomites and with Gaetano Trovato at Arnolfo in Tuscany, and he had already won a Michelin star at Essenza in Milan. He opened Bu:r in July 2018 on the corner of Via San Francesco, below Molino delle Armi, between Corso Italia and Corso di Porta Romana.

During the pandemic Boer decided to cook only with Italian products, and that rule has shaped the menu since. He has described himself as Dutch by blood and Italian at heart, and the menu works out that balance on the plate. One dish, a cima alla genovese that he called only partly Genoese, takes a stuffed veal classic of his home region and rebuilds it with a lighter hand. Tasting menus have stood beside a short list of dishes to order one by one, so a meal can be long and planned or quick and simple. Ingredients are picked with great care and follow the seasons.

Inside, warm light falls on clean lines and a sober room with little decoration, which keeps the attention on the plate. Perilli, who came to restaurants from the world of communications, received a special award for hospitality in the Gambero Rosso guide for 2026. The couple have also opened Burbero, a small wine bar built around a single counter.