Cosme

We were most complimented when we were asked to partner with world-famous chef Enrique Olvera to design and oversee the construction of his first restaurant in the United States.

The flatiron location selected had formally housed a well-known nightclub and the infrastructure of existing exhausts up the back of the building helped enormously with establishing the scale of kitchen required for this incredible menu.

The spotlight and theme were stressed to align with the style of experience that the menu dictated. The result, an open, inviting and elegant environment. The style was carried through to the bathrooms, back spaces and kitchen. 

One of the key ingredients was locating the bar which we stressed be both open to welcome guests and keep the main dining room visible and contiguous with the space. This created the required secondary space for mingling and casual dining that was requested.

We admired the incredible attention to every detail of management designed to make the service impeccable, and yet fade so as not to distract from dining. Workstations were designed to accommodate this, and a private dining room , to feel more like a family dining than corporate board room was included with its own workstation and storage.

We designed the “theatrical” clamp lighting to spotlight tables and shelving and be flexible to accommodate changes. The restaurants interior designer accented this with decorative wall mounted fixtures and elegant contemporary and classic furniture.

Cosme went on to become number one and remains one of the top New York restaurants.