A restaurant, a cuisine, two proposals. And both a triumph of excellence and bubbles.
This is Locanda Margon, the restaurant owned by the Lunelli family which will reopen its doors on Thursday 22 April under the expert guidance of a new chef, Alfio Ghezzi, considered one of the new rising stars of Italian cuisine.

Locanda Margon has a natural terrace of breathtaking beauty, nestled among the vineyards just outside Trento, and it takes its name from the nearby Villa Margon, a splendid 16th century estate which is Ferrari’s representative office. The Villa, the Locanda and the Ferrari winery all express that path “of Beauty and Goodness” which is the essence of the Lunelli family’s desire to marry art and nature with bubbles and cuisines at the very highest levels.

Alfio Ghezzi, 39, Trentino, with experience matured in Italy and abroad, has developed his expertise with two masters of the calibre of Gualtiero Marchesi and Andrea Berton, and until recently he was the right hand of Andrea Berton at the Trussardi Restaurant at the Scala in Milan. His cuisine is one that sees the territory not as a fetter, but as an opportunity and a stimulus for creativity. “My objective”, Ghezzi explains, “is to enhance the raw materials, with a cuisine that is an ordered whole of product, execution, object and expression. The raw materials are a direct expression of the territory, and therefore, from a Trentino like me passionate about my land, I try to get my supplies in particular from local producers”.

Unlike the past, Locanda Margon will reserve its guests two possibilities, in two separate areas: the Salotto Gourmet and the Veranda. The Salotto will be a celebration of gourmet cuisine in à la carte and refined tasting menus, including “The Evocative Power of Bubbles” and “One dish for one wine”, a proposal which makes the wine the protagonist of the menu. With a reversal of roles: the guest chooses the wine, and the chef has the task of proposing the best combination. And the wine menu is truly rich, because in addition to old vintages of many Ferrari labels, includes unobtainable bottles from the Lunelli family’s private collection. In the Veranda, the proposals are more simple and quicker, able to combine the chef’s talent and the quality of the raw material with the needs of a clientele which is increasingly more attentive to price and speed of service. This is why the new Locanda Margon will be “a restaurant, a cuisine, two proposals”.

“We are proud,” says Matteo Lunelli, “to give an authentic talent like that of Alfio Ghezzi back to the Trentino. And we are sure that, with his creativity, he will make the Locanda Margon an unmissable destination for gourmets, as well as a place for experimentation for innovative combinations with our bubbles.”