Darkish inexperienced marble, shiny black tiles and sculptural lighting distinction the tough stone partitions of this Montreal restaurant that has been resurrected by native Ivy Studio.
Situated in Rosemère, on Montreal’s north financial institution, Piatti opened 15 years in the past in an previous stone constructing that was beforehand prolonged to accommodate a bigger business area.
After a hearth ripped by way of the Italian restaurant over a yr in the past, damaging the roof and the inside, the house owners selected to renovate and replace the area.
“From this tragedy rose the chance to provide the area a much-needed facelift,” stated the Ivy Studio staff, who took on the mission.
“Whereas the general aesthetic may be very modern, the decor was impressed by conventional Italian design and consists of textures, supplies and hues that mission shoppers on to the Mediterranean,” the studio added.
The 2-storey constructing is entered on the decrease stage, the place the preparation kitchen, a personal occasion room and the washrooms are located.
Upstairs are the eating areas, every with a definite ambiance. When getting into previous programs of shiny black tiles, prospects are met by a “monumental” pizza oven wrapped in inexperienced Saint-Denis marble.
A black stained-wood and marble construction in entrance acts as a eating and repair space, throughout from a hand-plastered pistachio wall with an arch that results in the closed kitchen.
Above a sienna-toned velvet banquette, a mirrored wall helps to make the eating area really feel bigger – reflecting its cream partitions and sheer curtains.
Bistro chairs with inexperienced seats and caned backs are positioned round tables.
A round wood-topped desk sits on zig-zag black and white tiles under a central bespoke chandelier.
The bar occupies the previous stone side of the constructing. Right here, a U-shaped counter is clad with vertical oak boards and topped with a four-inch-thick travertine slab.
Customized stools created from velvet, metal and wooden are lined up towards the bar, colour-matching the banquette upholstery within the eating room.
Minimal, customized cream-painted lamps are spaced alongside the size of the counter, whereas a metal construction suspended above holds bottles behind fritted glass panels.
“The complete room has recessed lighting going across the ceiling to correctly spotlight the unique stone partitions within the night,” stated Ivy Studio.
Montreal is house to a wealth of Italian eating places with notable interiors, a number of of which have opened over the previous few years.
They embrace pizza spot Vesta and Tiramisu on the metropolis’s Hilton resort – each designed by Ménard Dworkind.
Amongst Ivy Studio’s different hospitality tasks within the Quebec capital is Jack Rose, an eatery in a former auto physique store.
The pictures is by Alex Lesage.
Venture credit:
Workforce: Gabrielle Rousseau, David Kirouac, Guillaume B Riel, Philip Staszewski
Development: Groupe Firco