2004 Retail Design
Award Winners Restaurant/Foodservice
GRAND PRIZE
Salad King Restaurant
Toronto Architecture
Giancarlo Garofalo Architect, Toronto Design munge//leung: design associates,
Toronto Fixtures Cambo Restaurant Equipment
Mfg., Scarborough, ON, Canada General Contracting Cambo Restaurant
Equipment Mfg., Scarborough, ON, Canada Photgraphy Ted Yarwood Photographer,
Toronto Retailer Salad King Restaurant,
Toronto
Renovated to better appeal to the
diverse diners in its trendy downtown locale, this
Thai restaurant features a clean, modern look for
local university students downstairs and a mature,
formal ambiance for business movers and shakers
upstairs. Modularly laid out custom furniture maximizes
functional space. Large stainless-steel communal
dining tables, some with movable seating and others
with fixed wooden benches, accommodate the fast
pace and high volume, with benchwork snaking around
the column.
OUTSTANDING MERIT
Gyu-Kaku Restaurant
Beverly Hills, Calif. Architecture
PAL International, Los Angeles Design Reins International Inc.,
Tokyo General Contracting West Wing Corp.,
Newport Beach, Calif. Photgraphy Marz Network, Gardena,
Calif
An innovative downdraft system creates
a smokeless environment for this interactive dining
experience known as yakiniku (“grilling meat”).
Diners grill food over individual charcoal roasters
atop each table. Wood from old American barns has
been reincarnated for decorative touches contributing
to the interplay of textures, which also include
Japanese rice paper, traditional screens, imported
carved wood, polished stone, and textured mortar.
This is the third California store for the Japanese
Gyu-Kaku (“horn of the bull”) chain.
OUTSTANDING MERIT
Ultra
Supper Club
Toronto Architecture
Giancarlo
Garofalo Architect, Toronto Design munge//leung: design associates,
Toronto Fixtures Art Metal Industries,
Mississauga, ON, Canada General Contracting Arjeco Industries
Ltd., Woodbridge, ON, Canada Photgraphy Ted Yarwood Photographer,
Toronto Retailer Ultra Supper Club, Toronto
This new dining, lounging, and dancing
venue harmonizes furnishings inspired by various
cultures: Japanese-style fabric lanterns, Chinese
daybeds and antiques, African and Indonesian artifacts
and furnishings, 16th century carved wood church
doors from India, handblown hanging glass vases
from France, New York designer fabrics, and modern
candle chandeliers. The brick wall veneer is reclaimed
from a historical building, and a teak-look bar
is surrounded by a beveled bronzed mirror wall in
a grid pattern.
