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Project Profile: Two Twelve

Rustic elegance defines a new ski-country destination.

Project Profile: Bar Louie

This polished-casual concept used extensive consumer feedback to create a brighter, more open space designed to turn customers into regulars.

Project Profile: Oliver’s Modern American

Scottsdale’s Polynesian Queen gets a move and a makeover.

Project Profile: Häagen-Dazs

With its recent rebrand, this luxury ice cream concept loosened up without losing its luster.

Project Profile: Truluck’s

This high-end seafood concept is wowing guests with a prototype that’s full of life and energy.

Project Profile: Salted Melon Market & Eatery

 A distinct new brand leverages its owner's gourmet retail experience while leaning into foodservice with an eye toward a younger demographic.

Project Profile: Crooked Run

After evaluating multiple locations, this restaurant/brewery designed its newest store to match the neighborhood and clientele.

Modern Coastal, with a Warm Southern Accent

Conversion of a 3,360-square-foot space into Joyce, whose menu showcases modern takes on Southern-style seafood, was quick.

Project Profile: Layne’s Chicken Fingers

After acquiring this college-town favorite, new ownership spent years taking it from a mom & pop to a franchisable concept.

A Classic Jewish Deli, Florida-Style

Hi Hospitality Group pays homage to both the authentic cuisine and the unique experience treasured by fans of classic New York delis.

Kanela Goes with a New Flow

Café Mars: A Fresh Take on Italian

Take your mind’s eye to the quintessential Italian restaurant, and what do you see?

Sizzler Looks to the Future

Inside Sizzler's rebrand and how the 65-year-old casual-dining brand reintroduced itself to customers.

Inspired by Nature, Designed to Delight

The space and existing materials had just the right elements of natural imperfection to begin building the Janken aesthetic.

Captain D’s Drops the Dining Room

The seafood stalwart is expanding its urban opportunities via a new 900-square-foot prototype.

Hash Kitchen is Ready for its Close-up

Hash Kitchen is a growing breakfast and brunch chain that draws customers in with a smart social media marketing strategy.

Elevated, Coastal-Inspired Retreat Serves Companies and Community

In developing Kilroy Oyster Point, a new 3-million-square-foot life sciences campus in South San Francisco, Kilroy Realty Corporation is keeping a tight focus on narrative

Project Profile: Summerbird

This fast-casual concept aims to build a chain on summer nostalgia and an elevated dining experience.

Jaja Makes a Bold INTRO in Cleveland

Among the largest mixed-use mass timber buildings in the United States, INTRO opened in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood early last year.

Paris Baguette Spots an Opening

By leaning into its bakery-cafe roots, this chain aims to hit 1,000 locations by 2030.

The Colonel’s Museum Gets A New Look

KFC got its start in Corbin, Kentucky. The Harland Sanders Café & Museum in the location of that original restaurant has been redesigned to better celebrate the chain’s

Wing Zone Gets Remade

Since its acquisition by Capriotti’s, this fast-casual has gotten a new look and branding built around “Flavor Really Fast”

Atrium Enchants in Atlanta’s Ponce City Market

In January 2022, Oliva Restaurant Group opened the doors to Atrium, a new offering in Atlanta’s mixed-use Ponce City Market.

New Look, Same Personality for Tijuana Flats

This Tex-Mex chain is keeping its irreverent feel with a redesign aimed at franchising.

New Brand Home Honors Chick-fil-A’s Humble Beginnings

When Chick-fil-A’s design team set out to create a new brand home for the iconic chicken sandwich chain, it did so with the objective of developing a multifaceted, interactive experience.

Olin Bar & Kitchen's Modern Take on the Classic Brasserie

A fresh, modern take on the classic brasserie lands in Downtown Detroit.

This Texas Restaurant asks What If Fine Dining Isn't Dead?

Restaurant development firm What If Syndicate set out to prove that fine dining is alive and well by debuting Monarch in The National, a new 51-story luxury mixed-use residential,

A New Experience at P. F. Chang’s

With a new look, this polished-casual chain wants to turn a night out into an immersive experience.

Logan’s Roadhouse Seizes the Moment

There’s an apocryphal saying that the Chinese character for crisis means both “danger” and “opportunity.” It’s not true, but the underlying idea that extremely difficult situations also present

Ruffin’ it in Palm Springs

How Boozehounds morphed from a dog-friendly bar into a full-blown restaurant, lounge and coffee/co-working space that’s comfortable, contemporary, stylish and playful.