Ella Dining Room & Bar serves ‘Modern
American Bistro’ cuisine. The owners wanted the restaurant to become
‘Sacramento’s living room’, an urban oasis where lawmakers and other diners can
go and unwind after a long day’s work.
The design objective for Ella’s is: create a
brand that embodies the principles of ‘Rustic Luxury’, and that celebrates an
elegant, relaxed contemporary lifestyle. ‘Rustic luxury’ is a synonym for
purity, the essential beauty and goodness contained in simple things. It is
about the pleasure and sensuality of real materials, and about the inherent
comfort of a natural, effortless style. ‘Rustic luxury’ is not a simplistic
reduction. It is the magical crystallization of two apparent opposites,
simplicity and complexity. Rustic Luxury, as defined by Ella’s, offers its
guests an experience that combines the simple and natural pleasures of dining
at a dear friend’s home, at their table
d’hôte or host’s table.
The “Host’s Table” is a French tradition of
eating in the kitchen while the chef is preparing dinner. It is a very
welcoming and intimate experience, usually reserved for honored guests and
close friends. The owners of Ella wanted to create that level of intimacy at
their restaurant. UXUS cleverly opened the kitchen to the dining area with 2 large
communal tables forming the table d’hôte area.
Diners can experience the thrill of watching the chefs at work, and taste the
results of their culinary efforts.
All of these elements come together at Ella
Dining Room & Bar to form an intimate and convivial dining experience, the
embodiment of “Rustic Luxury” right at the heart of California’s State Capital.