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restaurant

Cowboy Star Restaurant

and Butcher Shop

Location

640 10th Ave
San Diego, California

Size

5,000 square feet

Status

Completed in 2008

Awards

Orchid, Orchids & Onions Awards, 2008

Gold Medallion, California Restaurant Association

Description

The concept for Cowboy Star is to marry the Cowboy Stars of old Western Hollywood with a modern restaurant. The restaurant will incorporate graphic elements, photography, and iconography recalling the old west through the ideals of a generation passed. The Roy Rogers motto and the values of John Wayne are underlying themes that make up the restaurants character. Cowboy Star represents how “fine dining meets the Old West.” With a restaurant, bar and retail organic butcher shop, the design caters to a western motif with a contemporary flare where the “old meets new”. Custom architectural detailing is featured throughout, utilizing materials such as leather, black patina hot-rolled steel, stainless steel, stained concrete, wood floors, and resin panels all surrounded by the charm of the existing old brick exterior walls. This engagement between a historic skin and chic interior creates a warm and inviting dining atmosphere. A stunning display kitchen is the focal point of the restaurant while an intimate bar and outdoor patio greet guests as they enter the space. Adjacent to the restaurant, a gourmet butcher shop offers retail customers prime meat selections and a unique culinary shopping experience.

Photography by: Stephen Whalen PHOTOGRAPHY.