By the time the restaurateur fell in love with this circa 1910 corner store, the 50-year old refrigerator had rotted its way through the floor and pigeons had come to roost in the rafters. Keeping the name and imagining a more illustrious past for the building and space, a new, casual yet sophisticated neighborhood hotspot was born. The building was striped back to its essentials and completely reworked. Vintage furnishings and fixtures are featured throughout the restaurant and bar which occupy the first floor, as well as upstairs in the 865-square-foot upstairs owner’s apartment.
Project team
Hoedemaker Pfeiffer (Architecture and Interior Design)
Julian Hagood (owner)
METIS Construction (Contractor)
Photography
Alex Hayden, Andrew Giammarco