Located in downtown Sarasota, the Palm Avenue Deli is situated on a pedestrian-friendly street within the city’s urban core. Designed to replace an existing retail showroom, the construction of the 2,900 s.f. space was a challenge because this location had never served as a restaurant before; all the infrastructure would have to be developed within an existing poured-in-place concrete structure that is typically unforgiving to this type of modification.
CLIENT
Hi Hospitality Group
LOCATION
1297 N Palm Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236
SIZE
2,000 square feet
PHOTOGRAPHY
Dylan Jon Wade Cox
The vision for the restaurant was to create a destination space within the city that offered a heightened visual experience for both guests and staff. The open concept layout reinforces the social nature of the designs with the goal of crafting that “third place” within the community - outside of home and work. Part of a trio of restaurants on a single block owned and operated by the same client, an additional challenge was to approach the design as a continuous extension of the other restaurants while also establishing an individual identity, separating this space from the other two.