--- title: This Wes Anderson-Themed Cafe Just Opened in Milan description: Our dream came true canonical: https://time.com/3855389/wes-anderson-cafe-milan-italy/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-12T15:01:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:19:41.303Z og:title: This Wes Anderson-Themed Cafe Just Opened in Milan og:description: Our dream came true og:url: https://time.com/3855389/wes-anderson-cafe-milan-italy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb11833e9c8d19e5f/6987ef6306f2c113343382d1/ap761570967181-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: A view of the Bar Luce in Milan, Italy on May 8, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Wes Anderson-Themed Cafe Just Opened in Milan twitter:description: Our dream came true twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb11833e9c8d19e5f/6987ef6306f2c113343382d1/ap761570967181-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Wes Anderson-Themed Cafe Just Opened in Milan by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly May 12, 2015 3:01 PM UTC  A view of the Bar Luce in Milan, Italy on May 8, 2015. A view of the Bar Luce in Milan, Italy on May 8, 2015.Luca Bruno—AP by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly May 12, 2015 3:01 PM UTC Few directors have delivered as consistent and idiosyncratic a style as Wes Anderson has throughout his film career. So it’s unsurprising that when the _Grand Budapest Hotel_ director lent his stylings to the creation of a café in Milan, Italy, it came out looking like a set from one of his films. According to the [official website](http://www.fondazioneprada.org/barluce-en/?lang=en) for Bar Luce, Anderson said his aim was “to make it a bar I would want to spend my own non-fictional afternoons in,” or a place where he would want to do his own writing. The bar, which opened May 9, itself looks to be an amalgamation of Anderson’s films and his own general sense of décor. Two pinball machines are located in Bar Luce, one based on _The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou_, the other on the director’s short film _Castello Cavalcanti_. And the wallpaper evokes the distinct _Budapest Hotel_ design. Check out a few shots from the interior of Bar Luce below, and take a look at [more photos on Instagram](https://instagram.com/p/2frOxBGuw-/) from the café. Hopefully, Anderson’s foray into design will help usher the hypothetical [Wes Anderson-created theme park](http://www.ew.com/article/2014/11/05/wes-anderson-devo-mark-mothersbaugh-theme-park) into reality. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/11/wes-anderson-milan-cafe) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3855389/wes-anderson-cafe-milan-italy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3855389/wes-anderson-cafe-milan-italy/"},"headline":"This Wes Anderson-Themed Cafe Just Opened in Milan","datePublished":"2015-05-12T15:01:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:41.303Z","description":"Our dream came true","url":"https://time.com/3855389/wes-anderson-cafe-milan-italy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Business topic","Wes Anderson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb11833e9c8d19e5f/6987ef6306f2c113343382d1/ap761570967181-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb11833e9c8d19e5f/6987ef6306f2c113343382d1/ap761570967181-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A view of the Bar Luce in Milan, Italy on May 8, 2015.","caption":"A view of the Bar Luce in Milan, Italy on May 8, 2015.","creditText":"Luca Bruno—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3855389/wes-anderson-cafe-milan-italy/","name":"This Wes Anderson-Themed Cafe Just Opened in Milan"}}]}] ```