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Lupo Verde Offers Upscale, Comfortable Italian Experience

This three-level row house in Washington, D.C. is an Italian concept targeting Millennials, with a darker design and a focus on the bar.

Navé Upscale Aesthetic Pairs with Varied Spaces

Based in Miami, Fla., Navé is an upscale seafood/pasta restaurant owned by Ariete Hospitality Group.

Classic Italian Restaurant Remodels to Get Contemporary Look

Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar has been a stalwart of Italian dining in Las Vegas for more than 30 years. The restaurant has been redesigning its look over the past several months.

Designed to Bring People Together

Opened in the fall of 2019, Black Rail Kitchen + Bar is an upscale yet relaxed operation offering craft cocktails and Southern California cuisine with Mediterranean influences. Interior design by MY Studio ID that was intended to bring people together in an area that can otherwise lead to isolation.

A World View: The Strangers Club, Panama City, Panama

When six bartenders from New York City — who happen to be the people behind iconic cocktail bars Macau Trading Company and Employees Only — made a trip to Panama to visit a rum distillery and some sugarcane fields, they were captivated by the rich history and culture of the country.

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Two Buildings, One Restaurant

The Mid City neighborhood of Baton Rouge, La., has undergone a revitalization in recent years, with more businesses, shops and, yes, restaurants popping up.

One of these is Rocca Pizzeria, a full-service operation that specializes in Neapolitan pizza and pasta made in house. The restaurant, which opened its doors in 2017, was designed by Ritter Maher Architects. The

Look Sharp: Designing Axe Bars for Fun and Safety

Throwing axes and throwing back drinks may seem like an improbable combination, but axe bars are in full swing these days. In just a few years, the extreme sport has grown to hundreds of venues in North America.

The Outfitter: Bar Areas

Even more so than dining rooms, restaurant bars need to check multiple boxes for design success. They need to create energy and buzz, promote social engagement, and integrate with and support the overall brand experience while offering an attractive alternative experience.

Miami’s Kaido Inspired by Japanese Nightlife and Fisherwomen

James Beard-nominated chef and restauranteur Brad Kilgore newest restaurant, KAIDO in Miami celebrates Japanese culture and flavors with small plates, tasting menus and cocktails — a specialty of co-owner Nico de Soto — and features a secret bar, the invitation-only speakeasy AMA.

The 2,200-square-foot space seats 75 and was designed by Mark Alan Diaz of MAD Designs, who took inspiration from Tokyo’s cocktail bars. And the women who fish for sea urchins. Here Diaz offers up some of

Tao Chicago Takes Advantage of Impressive Space

New York-based Tao Group operates see-and-be-seen restaurants and nightclubs on three continents. One of the company’s latest ventures is Tao Chicago, located in a granite-clad Romanesque Revival-style building constructed in 1892.

Bar Equipment, Design & Storage

In the short term, the bar business faces a steep climb to regain the buzz and profitability of normal times. Even with many municipalities lifting restrictions earlier this fall, it will likely be some time before consumers resume comfortably relaxing and socializing shoulder-to-shoulder at indoor bars.

From Coffee to Cocktails: Balancing Two Daypart Extremes

From New York to Los Angeles, coffee and bar service are hot. These three concepts capitalize on both with three different approaches to these disparate dayparts.

Form + Function: Bar Design

Form and function are intertwined within a bar; one cannot exist without the other, but they can often be at odds,” says Alex Day, co-owner of Death & Co. 

Chicken + Whiskey Takes Inspiration from Peruvian Gods

In this Q&A with Desmond Reilly, co-owner of Chicken + Whiskey in Washington, D.C., we discovered what inspired the space. 

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The Hotel-Less Bar

The Miranda in Oakland is a timeless venue missing only one thing.

Champagne Bar Opens in Luxury Dallas Hotel

Hotel bars and restaurants want to draw in guests but increasingly work to tempt locals as well.

Vintage Chandeliers and 19th-Century Charm at Carter's in Nashville

Taking cues from its past, Union Station Hotel Nashville underwent a recent major renovation that transformed accommodations and included a new bar and restaurant concept, Carter’s, that blurs the lines between the restaurant and the lobby.

American Idols: Tiki Bars

The tiki phenomenon first took root in the United States in the 1930s with the opening of the legendary Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic’s restaurants in California. 

New York’s First Axe-Throwing Bar Opens

Kick Axe, a 7,000-square-foot axe-throwing venue that's reportedly the first of its kind in New York State, opened to the public, complete with beer, wine, and malt beverages in a lodge-like atmosphere that includes a lumberjack-themed photo area. Kick Axe is in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Adult Beverage Restaurant Sales Flat but Spirits Outpace Beer

Slowed consumer traffic at on-premise locations and stagnancy in occasions involving adult beverages translates to flat total alcohol volume in restaurants and bars in 2017, according to the recently released On-Premise Intelligence Report, jointly developed by Technomic and Beverage Marketing Corporation.

Coffee-to-Cocktails Slipstream Opens Second DC Location

Based in Washington, D.C., Slipstream is a hybrid concept. In the morning, the operation offers coffee and breakfast items like frittatas and yogurt with granola. In the evening, it serves craft cocktails along with sandwiches, salads and small bites.

6 Ways to Get Expensive Looks for Less

Create a fabulous-looking restaurant without breaking the bank.

Robot Bar Opens in Las Vegas

Tipsy Robot, dubbed “the world’s first land-based robotic bar,” opened at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Bar Design Niche: Pop-Up - Larkin Beer Garden

Last year, the Michigan Baseball Foundation, a nonprofit organization that owns and operates a minor league baseball team in Midland, started an economic initiative to build up and enhance the downtown, which houses the ballpark.

Bar Design Niche: Third Space

The emphasis is on social at Pinewood Social in Nashville, Tenn. It combines a big bar program with a coffee shop, a full dining room, six bowling lanes and a large outdoor patio, sporting bocce ball courts, two dipping pools, and a 1976 Airstream trailer “food truck.”

Beverage Bonanza: Bar Design in The Gilded Age

An unprecedented drinking culture has arisen in the U.S., fueled by the craft movements in beer, spirits and cocktails. This is a world where increasingly sophisticated consumers fixate on imbibing the new and novel, bartenders become celebrities and new bar openings are highly anticipated.

Project Profile: Eberly

Many a great restaurant concept idea is hatched over drinks. In the case of Eberly, a contemporary American restaurant in Austin, Texas, creative inspiration sprang not from booze-fueled collaboration on a cocktail napkin but from the beauty and backstory of an actual bar.

Bar Design Niche: Cocktail Bar

A Q&A with Jack McGarry, owner of The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog