AFTER
BEFORE
PROJECT NAME
Dinner Party
PROJECT TYPE
Restaurant
LOCATION
274 Hall St. , Brooklyn NY
ROLE
Design/Build
Timeline
3 Months
In August of 2024 I was asked to design Dinner Party 2 - the second and much larger iteration of a restaurant I had designed three years prior.
I had designed the original 20 seat location with the intention of it feeling like someone’s home - the goal was to do the same here, but with an added sophistication in addition to the added scale.
photos of the space prior to getting the keys, August 2024
The new space had seen several café and diner concepts come and go over the years, with most operating only briefly prior to us receiving the keys for the renovation.
I began making drawings and concept decks. I brought in a construction team and joined forces with Simona Mastrolia and several other creative artists for custom work around the space.
The build out took 3 months, thanks to the help of some very talented and extremely hardworking people:
FF&E Co-design Simona Mastrolia
General construction JADCOM construction team
Finish carpentry Bobby Singer and Dylan Pierce
Painting Bryce Ramming
+Various work by members of the Dinner Party staff
We implemented many creative, cost saving measures - shown here is the evolution of the pink laminate counter. Instead of removing the existing counter we built around it, saving around 10k. We combined bar nosing and some creative trim detailing to make the counter feel substantial. The Dinner Party staff stained and sealed it and I engraved various figures into the wood to make the countertop feel like a relic rather than a renovation.
August
September
October
November
Video by Simona Mastrolia
The furniture and fixtures for the space were sourced from trips to flea markets and vintage marketplaces. Every object - from the center pieces to the custom tables-
has a special story.
Dinner Party on Hall St. opened to the public in November 2024
