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title: "Osteria del Gallo"
description: "Como town is the lake's largest settlement and its least glamorous, but it has the advantage of a year-round dining scene that does not shut down when the tourists leave. Osteria del Gallo, in the medieval centre, is the place for a simple, honest lunch."
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Como town is the lake's largest settlement and its least glamorous, but it has the advantage of a year-round dining scene that does not shut down when the tourists leave. Osteria del Gallo, in the medieval centre, is the place for a simple, honest lunch.

The format is classic osteria: a short menu of regional dishes, local wines poured without ceremony, and a convivial, unpretentious room that fills with locals.

It makes a natural first or last meal on the lake for travellers arriving from Milan by train. Expect modest prices for very good regional cooking.