UMMO, from superstar Chefs Carlos Gaytán and José Sosa, offers a new take on luxe Italian dining in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Designed by Studio K, UMMO is a two-story space with a sophisticated downstairs dining room and a loft bar upstairs.
The open concept dining room seats 100 with an additional 12 at the bar. The sprawling upstairs lounge seats another 200 guests. It offers clean sightlines and warm colors in shades of brown, tan and sage grounded by a custom crafted herringbone floor from Italy.
UMMO’s design was inspired by a fictional modern family. The husband is an architect and the wife an attorney — ideal clientele for the classy dining room. Meanwhile, the fictional pair’s twentysomething adult children would be more likely to enjoy the trendy yet elegant social lounge space upstairs. To add to the visual design elements, music was specially curated so it blends seamlessly from smooth jazz to more upbeat tunes as you scale the stairs to the loft.
