2021 Award Winners

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Best Full-Service Restaurant Design – Check Average Under $50

Winner: Dumbo’s on Duling, Jackson, Miss.

Owner/Operator: Be Kind and Grow, Jackson, Miss.
Interior Design, Branding, Graphic Design: Ferriss & Company, Jackson, Miss.
Equipment Supplier: FS-1 Concepts, Flowood, Miss.
General Contractor: Carraway Construction, Brandon, Miss.
Specialty Contractor: Adair & Co., Jackson, Miss.
Signage, Fabrication: A+ Signs and Creative, Inc., Jackson, Miss.

For Chef Paul Adair’s first concept, he wanted guests to feel as though they were attending a dinner party at a stylish friend’s house. That meant the design needed to create a relaxed, residential and retro-chic atmosphere that would showcase his globally influenced new southern cuisine. Residential elements abound, with an aesthetic strongly influenced by Adair’s 1970s childhood. The judges felt the team did a “great job transforming it” and “loved the character of the space.” They also felt the branding was “spot on” and “perfectly peppered throughout the space.”