Baraboo

Restaurant. Bar

@. Karmelicka 17

architect.

finished. 2007

This uber-modern italian restaurant took the place of a laundry from the sixties. It has a great location facing the 'Park Bohaterow Ghetta' (Ghetto Heroes Park) and the architecture fully takes advantage of this. First is the terrace, a simple wood deck, no railing and just one step above the sidewalk. Second a wall of giant glass sliding doors that let in the warm summer breeze. Third, a rectangular open dining room with a sofa-bench facing the glass wall. And finally an open kitchen set behind a glass half-wall. There are nice views in every direction, unusual for a restaurant where half the table always has to face the wall. Here you either face the action of the kitchen or the lush park. On one side of the long, narrow dining room is a bar and on the other a cube which houses the bathroom. The designer had some fun here. There is no light switch. A motion sensor slowly grades the light set into a corner. The floors and walls are covered with shiny, black mosaic tile and a giant mirror set in the ceiling adds to the surreal feel.

ps. the food is pretty good too