Fashion and food go together like...well, traditionally they don't. And yet the most body-conscious of industries seems to have a taste for the culinary world. Dolce & Gabbana joined forces with another long-established Italian duo, Martini & Rossi, to launch Martini Bar (15 Corso Venezia; 39-02/7602-8485), in the courtyard of the designers' three-floor men's emporium. Regulars at the sleek restaurant (part 18th-century palazzo, part seventies disco lounge) include Victoria and David Beckham and Boy George, as well as supermodels who have actually been spotted eating carbsfresh pasta, no less. Roberto Cavalli chose Milan's Sempione Park as the site of his ultramodern, glass-walled Italian fusion restaurant, Just Cavalli Café (Viale Camoens; 39-02/311-817). The décor changes regularlyfur chairs featuring the designer's trademark animal prints one season, Asian prints the next. Goldfish swim about in bowls that double as centerpieces. On a smaller scale, Krizia (23 Via della Spiga; 39-02/7600-8429) has opened a vest-pocket bar to revitalize shoppers at its revamped boutique. James Patrick Herman
T+L Reports: Mangia, Milan
From October 2003
