Restaurants of the Recession

Restaurants of the Recession: Minimalist Mediterranean Meets Take-Home Market at Momed

Restaurants opening during the downturn are using top-shelf design to bring in new patrons. Next up in our series, Momed, a Mediterranean restaurant in Beverly Hills. READ MORE›

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Andre Kikoski's Gutsy Guggenheim Restaurant Design Wins James Beard Award

Andre Kikoski, who was brave enough to take on the challenge of designing a restaurant within Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece museum, the Guggenheim, was just named the 2010 James Beard Foundation Award winner for Outstanding ...READ MORE›

Taking Back Hotel Dining: Culina at Four Seasons Los Angeles

We're taking a look at the design behind a select few restaurants defying the economic gloom and doom. Next up, Culina, reinventing the hotel restaurant at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles.READ MORE›

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James Beard Foundation Lauds Restaurant Designers for Their Good Taste

The nominees for the best restaurant architecture and graphics in what's widely considered to be the Oscars of food were announced today.READ MORE›

Hot New NYC Restaurant The Collective Will Specialize in Leftovers

For the Meat Packing District eatery due to open March 17, designers ICrave hired artists on Craigslist and Etsy, a plumber who also designs lighting fixtures in styrofoam, a former Swiss goldsmith who recycles street signs, and a pair of women carpenters from Brooklyn who create dazzling floors from reclaimed wood.READ MORE›

Tom Dixon's Burlesque-Themed Circus: G'hed, Order the Strip!

You've never really dined until you've dined next to a stripper pole.READ MORE›

Dean Street Townhouse, London, Asks: Porn with Those Bangers? (It's Tasteful)

Bet you can't spot the very NSFW material in this seemingly SFW restaurant scene! Inside, an up-close look at the U.K. eatery where the porny pattered wallpaper appears to have been designed by a horny teenage boy.READ MORE›

Woodward in Boston: Where Ben Franklin Meets Supermodels

Recession? What recession? Some brave restaurateurs are defying the economic gloom and doom and opening new places. We take a look at the design behind a select few. Today, Woodward in Boston--where a hip colonial might take his wench.READ MORE›

Restaurants of the Recession: The Wright, New York City

Recession? What recession? Some brave restaurateurs are defying the economic gloom and doom and opening new places. We take a look at the design behind a select few. First up, The Wright, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.READ MORE›

Restaurants of the Recession: Robert, New York City

Recession? What recession? Some brave restaurateurs are defying the economic gloom and doom and opening new places. We take a look at the design behind a select few. High atop the Museum of Arts and Design, New York's Robert commands a million dollar view.READ MORE›