Le Biciclette

What Le Biciclette does

Le Biciclette Art Bar & Bistrot is a single-location hospitality establishment operating in Milan, Italy since 1998, founded by entrepreneur Ugo Fava as one of the city's first art bars. The business combines aperitivo service, casual dinner service, and a craft cocktail program in a venue located at Via Torti 2, near the Duomo and Navigli districts. Service runs Monday through Friday from 6:30 PM to 2:00 AM, with kitchen service until midnight or 1:00 AM depending on the night. The company employs 24 people and operates exclusively within Italy (Lombardy region).

The food menu includes gourmet burgers (Cheese Burger €13, Beyond Burger €13, El Gran Bürgher de Milan €16), Roman-style pinse with 72-hour fermented dough (€8-€16), handmade agnolotti (€13), Milanese classics such as Costoletta alla Milanese (€20), and contemporary items including Salmone Teriyaki (€16). The beverage program features signature cocktails including the Imbruttito (created 2013, Campari and Cynar-based), classic Italian cocktails such as Negroni and Americano, and a wine-by-the-glass selection (€7-€9). Event hosting is offered for private parties and themed nights such as the Après Ski event and Festa dei Regali holiday party. Reservations are managed through a WordPress-based Five Restaurant Reservations plugin and direct contact via WhatsApp Business and phone.

Revenue is generated entirely through on-premises food and beverage sales on a pay-as-you-go basis; there are no disclosed corporate accounts, delivery, or licensing streams. The company is privately held with no external institutional investors. Owner Ugo Fava also co-founded a separate dining concept, GUD Milano, in 2018 with chef Stefano Cerveni, representing portfolio diversification at the principal level rather than Le Biciclette corporate expansion. The business markets through its website, Instagram (@lebiciclettemilano), press coverage, and on-premise events.

Name

Le Biciclette

Legal name

Le Biciclette

Website

https://lebiciclette.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Le Biciclette is a privately-held Milanese Art Bar & Bistrot founded in 1998, serving aperitivo, dinner, and signature cocktails to local residents and tourists from a single central Milan location near the Duomo and Navigli districts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Italian Restaurant and Cocktail Bar

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cocktail Bars & Lounges (CRANACAD)

Keywords

• Italian restaurant dining
• Craft cocktail bar
• Aperitivo service
• Art bar bistrot
• Milanese cuisine

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: The restaurant generates revenue through sale of food items including gourmet burgers (Cheese Burger €13, Beyond Burger €13, Elephant Burger €15, El Gran Bürgher de Milan €16), Roman-style pinse (€8-€16), handmade agnolotti (€13), spaghetti (€10), main courses like Costoletta alla Milanese (€20) and Salmone Teriyaki (€16), and cocktails including classics like Negroni and Americano plus signature cocktails.
2. Beverage Sales: Wine sales by the glass including reds, whites, rosé, and sparkling wines (€7-€9 per glass). Cocktail service with signature drinks and classics.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Le Biciclette Art Bar & Bistrot is a single-location Milanese hospitality venue offering authentic Italian aperitivo service, informal bistro dinner, craft cocktails, and wines by the glass. The kitchen serves gourmet burgers, Roman-style pinse with 72-hour fermentation, handmade agnolotti, beef tartare, and Milanese classics like costoletta alla milanese, alongside signature and classic cocktails. Operating Monday–Friday evenings from 18:30 to 02:00, it also hosts private events and themed evenings.

Product overview

Le Biciclette operates as an Art Bar & Bistrot — a single unified hospitality establishment in Milan offering aperitivo service, dinner dining, and signature cocktails. The venue combines food service (gourmet burgers, Roman-style pinse with 72-hour natural fermentation, handmade agnolotti, Italian classics), craft cocktail program (signature drinks like the Imbruttito, classic cocktails, wines by the glass), and event hosting capabilities. The restaurant transforms from aperitivo bar in the early evening to full dinner service, with the cocktail bar remaining open until 2 AM.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Le Biciclette Art Bar & Bistrot (Dining and Aperitivo Service) Core hospitality offering: Milan-based art bar and bistrot providing aperitivo service, informal Italian dinner (gourmet burgers, Roman-style pinse, handmade agnolotti, Milanese classics), craft cocktails, and wines by the glass for individual diners and groups.
• Private Event Hosting

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bar Basso: Bar Basso is an iconic Milanese cocktail bar near the Duomo, famous for inventing the Negroni Sbagliato. It directly competes with Le Biciclette for aperitivo and late-night cocktail traffic in central Milan, with a similar single-location, heritage-driven business model.
• Nottingham Forest: Nottingham Forest is a legendary Milan cocktail bar consistently ranked among the World's 50 Best Bars. It directly competes for the same late-evening, cocktail-focused, design-conscious clientele that Le Biciclette targets in central Milan.
• GUD Milano: GUD Milano is a direct peer — co-founded by Le Biciclette's owner Ugo Fava with chef Stefano Cerveni in 2018. It operates as a similar bistrot/dining concept in Milan, making it the most closely comparable business in the same operator's portfolio.
• Camparino in Galleria: Camparino is a historic Milanese bar in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, serving aperitivo and cocktails since 1915. It competes directly with Le Biciclette for aperitivo and tourist traffic in Milan's historic center, operating with a similar single-site, heritage brand model.
• Dry Milano: Dry Milano is a cocktail-bar-plus-dining concept in Milan, similar to Le Biciclette's hybrid art-bar-and-bistrot positioning. It competes for the same evening cocktail-and-food customer in central Milan and provides a useful operating model comparison.
• Langosteria: Langosteria is a Milan-based upscale Italian dining and seafood concept with multiple locations. It shares the same high-quality casual-fine-dining positioning, Milan base, and ability to command premium per-cover spending in the same neighborhood as Le Biciclette.
• Pavé: Pavé is a Milan-based café and bistro concept with multiple locations (Navigli, Sempione, etc.). It overlaps with Le Biciclette on casual Italian dining and aperitivo occasions, and expands into dayparts (breakfast, brunch) that Le Biciclette does not serve.

Broad incumbents

• Obicà: Obicà is a multi-location Italian mozzarella bar and casual-dining concept. While not a direct cocktail/bar peer, it competes with Le Biciclette for Italian-casual-dining share within Milan and offers a relevant scalable-operations comparison.
• Eataly: Eataly is a large-scale Italian food marketplace, casual dining, and retail concept with a flagship at Smeraldo in Milan. It overlaps with Le Biciclette on Italian casual dining and gourmet burgers/pasta, and competes for the same tourist and quality-conscious diner.

Regional players

• Rita Cocktail Bar: Rita is a Milan-based cocktail bar and restaurant group with multiple venues. It is a direct cocktail-and-dining competitor in Milan focusing on the same evening and aperitivo occasions as Le Biciclette, with a more visible multi-site roll-out strategy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/lebiciclettemilano
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/le-biciclette

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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