New York

Quality Bistro

Restaurant & Bar

New York

Restaurant & Bar

About

Following in the footsteps of Quality Meats and Quality Italian, the design for Quality Bistro explores dedicated, regional influences mixed with an imaginative, storied personae.

Whereas Quality Meats was inspired by a turn of the 20th-century New York butcher shop and tenement apartment, and Quality Italian a 1930’s apothecary and Tuscan villa, Quality Bistro explores the French countryside as its point of departure, capturing the spirit of a fictionalized Belle Époque era hotel rediscovered in the 1970’s, overrun by the outside gardens and gilded with mirrored walls and Opaline chandeliers throughout. While Quality Meats celebrates the cow and Quality Italian the boar, Quality Bistro trumpets all manner of fowl, with birds in framed scenes or painted throughout directly on the wood columns, tiled walls, and caned panels.

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LOCATION

New York

Size

5,000 ft² / 465 m²

La Salle à Manger

The different dining rooms are arranged as a series of layers that flow into each other as defined volumes, but not full enclosures, all with permeable partitions and boundaries. The main dining room has a two tone basketweave wood flooring, a series of custom chandeliers marching down the soaring 18’ ceiling, and a feature custom wine cabinet wall.

A 16’ tall high gloss arched back bar with antique mirror and brass glowing shelves greets guests as they enter the venue. Custom leather, canine and glossy powder coated bar stools stand along the rich walnut sculptural bar die and counter top featuring custom bar lamps. A majestic 9’ diameter, custom chandelier with opaline glass emitting a warm glow hangs high above, filling the acoustical linen and painted wood trim floating ceiling.

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French Bistro Reinterpreted

The burnt orange leather pullman booths along the windows dressed with cafe curtains feature integrated custom light fixtures with brass overhead coat racks inspired by classic french bistros but reinterpreted in fresh finishes and forms. Hand-painted murals of wild birds sit throughout the space, breaking their wood framed boundaries and consume the wall surfaces. Custom zinc tables with orange painted accents balance the rich textures of the plantings and the cozy furnishings.

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"A majestic multi-level spin on the French brasserie."

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Le Conservatoire

As you enter the first dining room, The Conservatory, a 60 year old rubber tree surrounded with leather and velvet plush Hollywood banquettes pull the guests into a dreamlike overgrown garden. A variety of plants hang off of the overhead trellises, bulkheads, and combined with the potted plants scattered around the seating, create a magical indoor oasis.

The mirror wall renders a modern take on Belle Epoque’s ornate wall dressings with intricate, three dimensional moldings surrounding mirrors. Composed of different types of antiqued mirror pieces butt jointed together, this wall of mirror gracefully reflects the lush greenery within the room, amplifying the enveloping garden feel.