Fasano Restaurant

A Milanese Dining Room on Park Avenue, New York

Fasano Restaurant New York occupies the ground floor of 280 Park Avenue, in Midtown East, with its entrance on East 49th Street between Park and Madison Avenues. Opened in February 2022, it is the first restaurant in the United States from the Fasano Group, the hospitality company founded in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1902.

The menu follows the Milanese tradition that has defined the Fasano name for more than a century. Its location in one of Manhattan’s main corporate districts shapes its role: a setting for business lunches, client dinners and private events, organized across distinct rooms under one roof.

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🏛️ A CENTURY OF HOSPITALITY — From São Paulo to Manhattan

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The story begins in 1902, when Vittorio Fasano, who came from Milan, opened the Brasserie Paulista in São Paulo’s historic center. Over the following decades, the family reopened and relocated the restaurant several times in the city, keeping the Milanese cuisine as its constant.

Rogério “Gero” Fasano, of the family’s fourth generation, began his career in hospitality in 1980 and led the brand’s move into hotels with the opening of Hotel Fasano São Paulo in 2003. In 2007, the group began its partnership with JHSF, the Brazilian developer behind its subsequent expansion in Brazil and abroad. The New York restaurant opened 120 years after the first Fasano table in São Paulo.

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🍽️ THE RESTAURANT — Rooms, Cuisine and Service

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The kitchen, led by Chef Nicola Fedeli, serves classic Northern Italian cooking. Signature dishes include:

• Ossobuco alla Milanese with risotto
• Veal tortelli with Parmigiano fondue
• Bollito misto, served from a trolley
• Veal Milanese

The space is organized into separate areas:

• The Dining Room — lunch and dinner service
• Fasano Bar — aperitivo, with a stuzzichini menu between lunch and dinner
• Baretto — live jazz and bossa nova on Friday and Saturday evenings
• Private rooms — including the Boardroom and the Osteria, for business meetings and social events

The wine list exceeds 1,000 labels (company-reported). Private events are handled by a dedicated events team.

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✦ DESIGN AND SETTING — Architecture by Isay Weinfeld

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The interiors were designed by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld, who has designed a number of the group’s properties. The restaurant covers 2,181 m² (about 23,500 sq ft) and occupies a space previously home to the Four Seasons restaurant, which Weinfeld had also designed.

For Fasano, the project was reworked to be warmer and acoustically softer, with wood dividers between tables, velvet seating, lamplight and a curated collection of photographs, objects and antiques that reference the group’s properties in Brazil.

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🌎 INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS — Uruguay, the United States and Announced Projects

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The group’s international expansion began in 2010 with Hotel Fasano Punta del Este, in Uruguay. In 2021, it opened Fasano Fifth Avenue in New York, a private members’ club and residence facing Central Park, designed by French architect Thierry Despont and accessible to members and their guests. The Park Avenue restaurant then became the brand’s first venue in the United States open to the public.

According to the group, it currently operates 11 hotels across Brazil, the United States and Uruguay. Press reports cite higher figures, of up to 20 hotels, because they include properties under development. JHSF has announced further Fasano projects abroad, including a hotel in Cascais, Portugal, and a hotel and restaurant in Milan, Italy.

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📍 KEY LOCATIONS — New York, Uruguay and Brazil

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• Fasano Restaurant New York — 280 Park Avenue (entrance at 60 E 49th Street), New York, NY 10017, USA
• Fasano Fifth Avenue (private members’ club and residence, with Fasano Caffè) — 815 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
• Hotel Fasano Punta del Este — Punta del Este, Uruguay
• Fasano Group headquarters and flagship — Jardins, São Paulo, Brazil
• Hotels in Brazil — São Paulo (Jardins and Itaim), Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Angra dos Reis, Trancoso and Fazenda Boa Vista (Porto Feliz)

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⭐ WHY FASANO RESTAURANT NEW YORK — Key Facts

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• Part of a hospitality group founded in São Paulo in 1902
• First Fasano restaurant in the United States, opened in 2022
• Located on Park Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan’s business district
• Northern Italian menu built on the family’s Milanese recipes
• Interiors by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld
• Four distinct areas: dining room, bar, Baretto and private rooms
• Live jazz and bossa nova at Baretto on Friday and Saturday
• Wine list of more than 1,000 labels (company-reported)

Information based on official sources and company-reported data. Details such as hours and menus may change; confirm directly with the restaurant.

Fasano
Restaurante Fasano, então no Conjunto Nacional, maio de 1983
Tipo	restaurante
Inauguração	1930 (96 anos)
Página oficial (Website)
Geografia
Localidade	Conjunto Nacional, Jardins
Localização	São Paulo – Brasil