Sushi|Bar Miami
Set within the bright and vibrant South Beach area, this omakase restaurant was designed to transport you the second you walk through the doors. The contrast from light to dark, vibrant to moody, sets the tone for an unforgettable dining experience. Luxe materials, such as hand made tiles and deep red marble, were used throughout to elevate.
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An Omakase Restaurant Hidden Off Española Way
Sushi|Bar Miami sits in a hidden courtyard off Española Way, the historic pedestrian-only cobblestone street that runs through South Beach as a Mediterranean Revival enclave built in the 1920s. Guests reach the restaurant through a bright, tropical stucco corridor, then step into a deliberately dark, moody interior that reads as a stark counterpoint to the pastels and sun outside. Kuchar designed the omakase as a transportive experience anchored by rich mahogany tambour, leather and grasscloth wallcoverings, brass detailing, and oxblood marble on both the chef's counter and the bar station. Existing zellige tile and arched shelving — wrapped in shagreen-effect wallcovering with black-and-brass menu rails — were folded into the new design, with sconces dimmed during service to keep the chef and the meal at the center of the room.
Restaurant interior design for an omakase concept is built around a single architectural fact: the meal is a performance, and every material, light source, and sightline either supports it or interferes with it. Hospitality interior design at this register calls for restraint — surfaces that absorb rather than reflect, lighting that frames the chef without flattening the room, and materials chosen for the way they read at arm's length, where guests will spend an hour or more at the counter. For a Chicago commercial interior design firm working on a hidden South Beach restaurant, the work is also about editing — preserving the zellige tile and arched detailing that tie the room to its courtyard while introducing the moodier palette the concept demands.
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Restaurant and hospitality interiors are a defining part of Kuchar's practice, and our team brings more than 90 years of combined industry experience across commercial design. We build dining rooms that put the meal and the operator at the center — interiors that read as cohesive, considered, and unmistakably their own.