ristorazione — Baveno · Piemonte
On Lake Maggiore, in Baveno, there is an address that chooses evening as its own time. L'altro Civico opens when the light on the water changes colour and stays open until late at night: a place that defines itself with an unusual formula and does not explain itself easily.
In Baveno the lake draws close to the houses, and evening brings with it a light that changes everything. L'altro Civico is located on Via Torino, just steps from the water: an address that does not announce itself, but welcomes. The name itself suggests an elsewhere — something parallel, chosen, not obvious.
The kitchen opens at half past six and works until eleven at night: evening hours, with no compromise to the rush of midday. The place defines itself with a precise and rare formula — cucina a uso promiscuo (kitchen of mixed use) — that says everything without explaining too much: a place where the boundaries between genres are negotiated at the table, every evening.
Behind the stoves the rhythm is that of someone who has chosen dinner as the day's only act. No double shift, no distraction: the kitchen concentrates on a single service and carries it through to the end. On Wednesdays the fire goes out, and the silence is as much a part of the project as the sound of the open evenings.
On the lakefront of Baveno, L'altro Civico waits for evening. The page tells the story of the address and the menu.
