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San Domenico is located in a building that was once a Roman domus house, covering a larger area that is now also home to the San Domenico convent, the final architectural arrangement of which was completed in the late 15th century.
The building that now houses the restaurant is visible on the map of the city of Imola drawn by Leonardo da Vinci in 1501 and kept at Windsor Castle.
Located in the city centre, the building fits in perfectly with its surroundings. The front of the restaurant, which forms the backdrop to the beautiful San Domenico cloister gardens, has been tastefully renovated and painted the colour of terracotta.
The spacious entrance gives way to several small rooms with just a few, well spaced tables.
There is also a large room for banquets or groups of up to 40 diners and a lounge with a fireplace where guests can enjoy an aperitif, cigar or pipe.
The large new bathrooms feature hand painted tiles by Rome-based company Musa on the walls. The extensive kitchen is divided into various sections, while the offices and other facilities are located upstairs.
The flooring is made of traditional terracotta tiles from Florence, the walls are covered with a textured linen cloth and there is a patterned fabric on the ceiling, featuring a naturalistic design made popular by William Morris in the mid to late 19th century.
The same fabric features on the lampshades that hang above each table.
The rooms are furnished with very dark brown "full flower” leather sofas and Tonet chairs with armrests produced to a 1920s design by Marcel Breur.
The tables are laid with fuchsia linen tablecloths and napkins, crystal glasses by Riedel, Richard Ginori porcelain and silver place plates, cutlery, candlesticks and vases.
Each table is finished with a vase of fresh flowers.
“Wine cellars must be built below ground, far from all noise, clamour and stench. Any windows must face east because if the sun enters from any other direction it might heat the wines kept there, making them weak and spoiling them.”
As wrote Andrea Di Pietro, also known as the Palladio, in his 14 books of architecture, dated 1570.
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