The location
The restaurant is located at the intersection of via Tempio Malatestiano and via Giordano Bruno, on the ground floor of a building spread over three floors. The Malatesta Temple to which the street takes its name is more commonly referred to as the Duomo. Completely renovated under the lordship of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, with the contribution of artists such as Leon Battista Alberti, Matteo de' Pasti, Agostino di Duccio and Piero della Francesca. Although incomplete, it is the key work of the Rimini Renaissance and one of the most significant architectures of the Italian fifteenth century.

The property is adjacent to the palace built in the early sixteenth century (1506) "Palazzo Lettimi". (historical context)

The project
The glass entrance actually stands at number 43 of via Giurdano Bruno, opening onto the front of the counter and giving the project the possibility of positioning seats and tables on the entire glass side overlooking via Tempio Malatestiano. Even though it does not have an external seating area, this large glassed-in view of the seats on a small pedestrian street in the historic center of Rimini, with a view of the brick side of the building opposite, suggests a restaurant experience with a historical and courtyard flavour.
After a corridor there is a second, larger room characterized by a mural decoration and a bench against the yellow wall, already characterizing other customizations of the format.
On the side opposite the window, in this second room, the kitchen area has been positioned open to the view of the room which serves as a pizza pass. From here the pizzas for the dining room and for takeaway take place.

Bar and reception area facing the windows overlooking the pedestrian street, enhancing the view of the counter for passers-by.

As in the other premises of the Berberè brand, the collaboration with the communication agency continues
Comunicattive Agency: they designed the original neon lights, signs and hangers. The murals in this case, as in other venues of the group, were entrusted to visual artists TO/LET.

The rooms
The room that houses the reception, the bar and the cash desk shares the same wood paneling used for the main room, with a brick red color that reaches up to the ceiling. By contrast, in the largest room the mustard yellow color is interrupted halfway up the wall, giving importance to the custom-designed linear bench of the same colour.

As in other projects of the brand, the lighting is entrusted to lines of three brass spotlights in the largest room, which return above the bar, installed here individually along the entire perimeter of the counter.
In addition, in the bar room, brass-plated globes have been positioned which illuminate and visually delimit the area intended for tables and seats.

The flooring, in gray resin, gives continuity to both main rooms, with an industrial-style finish that further highlights the bright colors chosen for the walls.

The kitchen
The kitchen area, as well as the bar and the key operations areas of the group's restaurants, are designed already in the design phase with continuous research into the optimization and rationalization of the spaces, adapting the needs of the format to the layout of the existing rooms. (Customer history)
Also in this case the project was born from the functional positioning of the kitchen, taking into account the internal flows and towards the living room. The fixed furniture must be positioned immediately to then define the dimensions and insert the more versatile modules. 45m2 were allocated to the kitchen, dough and washing area.

In this particular project the kitchen area is open to the view of the room but features dark wood paneling surmounted by a marble top and a golden shelving system with square and brass sticks that extend to finish part of the wooden side . The same covering is found on the bar counter.

The bar
Where in the kitchen area the take-away pizza boxes are positioned in an orderly and conscious manner, in the bar area the shelves above the spigots house the drink/cocktail glasses. The brass-plated shelving stands out in contrast with the shiny black metal one, positioned at the back of the bar. The decorative effect of the brass rods actually has a decisive functionality, elegantly and slenderly supporting shelves and glass dividing diaphragms. The lightness suggested by this solution is particularly interesting.

The bar area also serves as a customer reception area.
The counter and back counter are embellished with a Bardiglio vein marble surmount, on which the beer taps are installed on one side and a higher marble shelf that delimits the corner immediately visible from the entrance, which has the function of covering the operations of reception. The marble in combination with the dark wood helps to place this area in a 1950s Italy, embellished by the brass-plated shelf system.

The bar boasts an exclusive area intended for the cooling and storage system of beer kegs, separated from the counter area thanks to a black door.

The windows
The motif of the iron lunette, recovered and preserved in the main door on Via Montevecchio, inspired the iron interventions of the other doors and windows, giving the shop windows and the entire building an aesthetic plausibly similar to the original one.

The outdoor area
In the spring and summer seasons, a space will be set up to enjoy the restaurant outdoors, in the internal courtyard of the building, accessible from the internal room of the restaurant. The seating area will be delineated and covered by cream-colored umbrellas and completed with an Italian-style light fixture on the perimeter of the umbrellas, to create a pleasant atmosphere in the evening.

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Berberè Rimini

Rimini, Italy

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