Restaurant Porn
Restaurant Porn is a regular column of daydreams presented as a means to introduce Vancouver diners and designers to concepts, looks, and fully-formed ideas that they might draw an inkling of inspiration from. We do our best to pair the foreign rooms with local addresses so as to let everyone in on the daydream.
Why Doesn’t Vancouver Have a Fish & Chips Joint That’s This Good Looking?
Everyone has expectations of what a good food and chips shop should be, but what if those expectations were messed with a little?
Why this Abandoned 19th Century Mansion-Turned-Restaurant Would Suit Railtown
Valuing architectural history can sometimes mean incorporating ruins into new constructions, like this modern eatery in Mexico.
Eduard’s Whisky Bar in Stuttgart Should Brighten the False Creek Seawall
With its stadium seating, fishbowl frontage and copper accents, this is an aesthetic rethink of the whisky bar we could use.
Imagining this Bright London Eatery as a Cool ‘Room with a View’ in the Heart of Railtown
The scarcity of anything similar in Vancouver is why this gorgeous eatery in London loudly pinged our radar...
Victoria Could Use This Slick London Spin On A 30s Taipei Social Club
"We are perhaps getting close to a saturation point with restaurant interiors that feature dark wood, rounded corners and pink upholstery..."
‘Revel Room’ Tavern In Chicago For An Industrial Strip Of Strathcona
All-Day Breakfast Cafe In Bangkok To Replace Kits Beach Starbucks
Live/Work Korean Cafe Situation Would Suit Quiet Block Off Clark Dr.
Bamboo-Heavy Nanjing Spot Would Suit East Georgia St. In Chinatown
New York’s Stylish Dig Inn Would Make A Nice Addition To Cambie St.
Stunning Thailand Wine Bar Would Suit Seawall Near Granville Island
Banff’s ‘High Rollers’ Artfully Combines Bowling With Pizza & Beer
Oddball Madero Cafe In Guatemala City Would Gel Well On Clark Drive
This Secret Cocktail Bar Would Make For An Odd Escape Off The Drive
Coal Harbour Could Use Melbourne’s Beautifully Designed No. 19 Cafe
San Diego’s Cedar Clad ‘Madison’ Would Sit Pretty On W. 4th Avenue
Hong Kong ‘Continental’ Would Fit A 2nd Floor Space On Robson Street
Gorgeous Danish ‘Brus Brewery’ Would Suit A Spot By Cambie Bridge
Eucalyptus Bar Top Sets Cool Tone At 24 Seat, Hand-Rolled Sushi Joint
‘Cafe Sapoon Sapoon’ In Seoul Would Suit A Robson & Burrard Address
8400 Chopsticks Hang From Ceiling Of Tiny Temple Honouring Sushi
Korean Looker ‘Chi-Q’ In Shanghai Would Rule Vancouver’s Ramenland
Digging This Old School, Fitzgeraldy Foursome Of Deuces In Singapore
A Sleekly Smoked-Out Version On Hong Kong’s ‘Rhoda’ For Yaletown
Helsinki Eatery Takes The Bullet Holes Out Of Dixie’s On E. Hastings
Speakeasy Attached To An Old Movie Theatre In Kiev Would Suit YVR
Osaka’s ‘Shyo Ryu Ken’ Ramen Bar Would Suit A Spot On Venables St.
A Brewpub That Ditched The Wings And Fed Us ‘Xiao Long Bao’ Instead
