Posts Tagged ‘Kitchen Zinc’
Take a Tour of Farm to Table Restaurants in CT
Our blog post this week was inspired by a special feature in the July issue of Architectural Record on farm-to-table designs. To bring this broad topic to a local level, we decided to explore farm-to-table restaurants in Connecticut. Restaurant: Oyster Club Restaurant Location: Mystic, CT Website: www.oysterclubct.com Architect/Designer: Michael McKinley Architecture/Design Firm: Michael McKinley and Associates,…
Read MoreTOOLS OF THE TRADE
From Left to Right: Guilford Residence, Chestnut Building, and Kitchen Zinc in New Haven, CT TOOLS OF THE TRADE What happens when you hire an architect? How many steps are involved in planning an ideal space? What kinds of documents are created? Take a look at the drawings from three projects as they go through…
Read MoreFROM OUR PORTFOLIO: ZINC RE-DESIGN
A RE-DESIGN GIVES ZINC RESTAURANT SOME EXTRA ZEST When the owners of Zinc Restaurant in New Haven, CT, wanted to update their 10-year-old restaurant on Chapel Street, they asked Clover Design and Karin Patriquin Architect to design and coordinate the effort. We had worked together previously on Kitchen Zinc, their sister restaurant on Temple Street…
Read MoreDOWN THE ALLEY
There are some interesting things going on in Zinc’s backyard in New Haven. As well as new sunshades at sister restaurant Kitchen Zinc’s outdoor patio, Swiss urban artist Felice Varini has created a super-size paint-on-building materials installation in the alley between Chapel Street at Zinc’s corner to Temple Plaza, leading your eye and your feet…
Read MoreNINE SQUARES
THE NINE SQUARES In April 1638, the Reverend John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton, an English merchant, led a group of 500 Puritans from England by way of Massachussetts, to found a settlement on the shores of Long Island Sound on land they purchased from the Quinnipiacs. The location for the theological community was chosen for its…
Read MoreFrom our Portfolio: Kitchen Zinc – Greening a Restaurant
CASE STUDY: GREENING A RESTAURANT When the owners of Zinc Restaurant in New Haven, CT, wanted to renovate and re-brand their sister restaurant on Temple Street Plaza, they decided on a menu of artisan pizza, made of local farm ingredients. In order to reflect this new concept, and to further the sustainable-farming philosophies of the…
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