“Un piatto davvero buono è quello che ti svela sinceramente ognuno dei suoi ingredienti. Se un ingrediente non può essere riconosciuto, che l’hai messo a fa’?”

“A truly good dish is one that sincerely reveals each one of its ingredients to you. If one ingredient cannot be recognized, why did you add it in the first place?”

– Franco Seccarelli

Alla luce delle lanterne

By the light of the lanterns

Steeped in Italian tradition, nostalgia, and beauty; this bastion of fine dining is the crowning accomplishment of chef Franco’s culinary career.

Located in the heart of Old San Juan, La Lanterna marks the grand return to the exact spot where he opened his very first restaurant in 1989. An event made even more symbolic by the fact that chef Franco wasted no time in baptizing this new venture with the same name as the restaurant his mother and father owned for 40 years in Perugia, Italy.

La Lanterna is a living love letter, the culmination of a life-long cycle, and the beginning of a new delicious chapter. Within its exquisite Old San Juan Spanish colonial architecture, guests may choose to be seated in the indoor dining room or amid the refreshing tropical foliage of the open-air patio. Or, if guests prefer, they may be served from our robust selection of wines and house cocktails at the bar where, in his 1992 trip to Puerto Rico, Luciano Pavarotti himself was served dinner by Chef Franco Seccarelli.