The Town & Country Markets Mill Creek location was renovated with a focus on the store’s food service areas and the goal of creating elevated food offerings and a restaurant dining experience within a grocery setting. For the Field House remodel project, one of the key moves was to open up and connect the indoor and outdoor seating areas with sliding panels and modified, larger glazing to bring in air and light and create a welcoming ambience. This remodel reflects Town & Country Markets’ brand value — to connect people with good food.
The interior work involved renovation of the food service and seating areas, including adding a restaurant and café to the space, relocating the sushi station, reworking the specialty cheese and deli meat space to accommodate new food offerings, modifying the bakery and café/beverage departments, expanding the seating areas, and adding new ceiling elements, soffits, and decorative lighting to compliment the new department reconfigurations.
The exterior work included punching out the existing windows in the seating area to become operable sliding doors to connect indoor and outdoor dining areas. The seating area was also enhanced with new glazed doors and larger windows for more visibility and daylighting. In addition, the team added planters and decorative enclosure panels to create a protected seating space with vibrant vegetation. The new patio not only enhances the outdoor dining experience but also provides space for events and gatherings.
The new layout strategically allows for improved customer experiences. For example, the café includes bar seating so customers can interact with Town & Country staff, while the sushi area is now near the front of the store with a customer-facing counter where people can see their sushi being freshly prepared.
Materials and colors were thoughtfully selected to create an open, dynamic, and casual vibe for the new restaurant space. Updates to the millwork, décor, and finishes highlight a color palette that ties together the entire store and reflects Town & Country Markets brand colors. Earthen tones with pops of green also echo wooded Pacific Northwest settings. One unique material is the textured glass used for the partition wall, which separates the restaurant from the grocery area and creates a semi-transparent demarcation. The mesh screen above the café counter is a prominent feature that can be seen from afar yet appears light and airy. Wood textured pendants above the bar tables create a warm and cozy feel for the Field House dining experience, while the booth seating features metal pendants that are dropped lower to bring down the scale of the space.
With the modified customer-facing layout, interior and outdoor connections, and overall color and material selections, the remodel helps bring about a new food, beverage, and dining experience within the existing grocery store.
Related thought leadership: https://cushingterrell.com/grocery-activated-boost-customer-experience-without-busting-your-budget/
Cushing Terrell Services / Team
PIC: Kara Eberle-Lott
Architecture lead: Alice Wang
Architectural design team members: KuoChao Tseng, Angela Hang, Brad Fry, Blake Cronin
Structural engineer: Cushing Terrell – Dane Jorgensen (Team: Connor Lester)
Mechanical engineer: Cushing Terrell – Mike Amestoy (Team: Jacob Mortenson)
Plumbing engineer: Cushing Terrell – Mike Amestoy (Team: Eric Ransom)
Electrical engineer: Cushing Terrell – Carl Maehl (Team: Neil Schupp, Tyler Victorino)
Lighting: Cushing Terrell / Town & Country Markets
Interior designer: Cushing Terrell – Madeline Randolfi, Jessica Earp
Consultants
Contractor: Woodman Construction, Inc.
Mallet Design Build contributed to some of the preliminary design efforts for restaurant.
Photography
Moris Moreno