A hundred years of seasons, one pagoda. Opened in the summer of 1924 in the Regina Margherita Gardens, this is the spot where Fabriano meets — for a coffee, an evening out, a whole summer.
Opened by Antonio Storelli in the summer of 1924, the Chalet is the wooden pagoda — with its unmistakable Oriental lines — that you spot the moment you step into the Regina Margherita Gardens. A historic hall, a dance floor that in its golden years drew crowds from well beyond the city, a story that lived through the war without moving an inch. A hundred years on, it is still there — in exactly the same place, with exactly the same name.
Antonio Storelli made ice cream without electricity. A century later we still speak the language of the Marche: handmade pasta, ingredients from the region, the occasional seasonal departure.
Inside, the Oriental lines of the original pagoda. Outside, tables in the shade of the Regina Margherita Gardens — the same green as a century ago, the same hush of afternoon.
In the golden years a hundred dancers filled the floor, drawn from well beyond the city. Today the party returns every Friday: live music, aperitivi, themed dinners. The floor has changed; the spirit has not.
See the calendar“It isn’t just a building — it’s a place where the city meets itself.”
— Raffaela Busini, Councillor for Business and Trade, April 2026