A gourmet restaurant and design shop or a fine dining concept store, what is certain is that Vite perfectly embodies its creative souls: the entrepreneur Davide Vanin who has founded, together with Alessandro Benetton, TAD, Treviso Arts District, a cultural center born from the conversion of a former industrial area of over 1,500 square meters, which houses the eatery inside.

The name of the new restaurant, opened in April 2022 in Treviso, plays, in fact, with the multiple meaning of “vite”, which in Italian means both vine, a symbol of the Venetian food and wine tradition, and screw, understood as a mechanical component, a tribute to the industrial origins of the place, besides being the acronym for Vision Inspire True Emotions, the motto both of the restuarant and the concept store.

Through food I present my praise to this adopted land, to its artisans, its breeders, and its farmers.

(Leoluca Brambilla, chef)

Vision and emotions are certainly not lacking in Vite, starting with the original decor of the venue developed on two floors and six rooms, each furnished by as many design brands. The companies Qeeboo, Intentions, EDG, Abhika, Ibride and Instabile Lab have, in fact, created completely different environments to choose from, from the urban jungle with fantastic animals and the hydroponic plants of Venice Green to the manga atmospheres populated by bunnies and giant gorillas; where all the objects are, of course, for sale.

The mise en place was entrusted to master craftsmen of the area such as Terra in forme, an artistic ceramic laboratory, Vanni Cenedese, the wood wizard who transformed old Venetian briccole into furnishing objects, and the master glassmaker Marco Varisco who created the beautiful glasses and carafes of the restaurant.

A “chamber of wonders” with the cuisine of the young chef Leoluca Brambilla who has created a gastronomic proposal linked to the flavors of Veneto.

From the appetizer of vegetables, fermented wheat and Casatella cheese to the Potato Buttons, chicken sauce and raw mushrooms, to the Pigeon, figs, pollen and sorghum and the dessert Vine, the two tasting menus are designed as a tribute to the territory and its most famous products.

Leoluca and his young brigade, in addition to Vite, also coordinate the entire food & beverage offer of TAD which includes Vite Concept Store, managed by Mattia Bordini, 21Gallery, the contemporary art gallery founded together with Massimiliano Mucciaccia, Cantiere Art Restaurant & Bar, the Tiki Bar and the Whiskey Room.

For a special evening, start with an aperitif at the Cantiere cocktail bar and then continue to the Vite’s Abhika room (book the round table overlooking the kitchen), asking for a special sparkling wine and the 8-course tasting menu. Incroyable!

The Secret

The rooms that now house Vite and the 21Gallery were respectively a private house and a workshop of bar refrigerators and furnishings that were purchased and completely renovated by Alessandro Benetton and Davide Vanin as soon as the opportunity arose to buy and enlarge, thus, the already pre-existing part of TAD.

Useful Info

Vite Restaurant & Concept Store
Viale della Repubblica 3-5
31020 Villorba, Treviso
Tel. +39 375 5644295

Tasting menu: 4 courses 65 euro, 6 courses 95 euro, wine pairing from 35 euro
Two courses of your choice: 55 euro + wines