September 2, 2005 -- The Pink Pepper restaurant in downtown Hollywood, California is a Thai restaurant with a fresh, new modern look of a European café with an Asian inspiration. The owner, Tony Boon, hired architect Anthony Eckelberry to modernize the space by raising the ceilings and giving the restaurant a new palette of finishes that would reflect the Thai influence.
“ Covering the walls in a mustard-color Venetian plaster with a light rubbed-gold finish gives the room a comfortable glow and sets off the collection of Thai antiques that the owner has brought to the spac... ”
The restaurant caters to local customers primarily in the entertainment business and was designed with a new energy to match and to appeal to a larger local audience. The designer, Anthony Eckelberry, brought to this project his years of experience in the restaurant design field as seen on the website: http://www.eckelberry.biz .
Anthony Eckelberry showcased his unique, elegant perspective to renovating this Thai restaurant by using a combination of exposed concrete ceiling and floor contrasted with the luxurious finishes of Teak paneling and hand-finished Venetian plaster.
"We used teak paneling and luxurious silk-like fabrics at the level where the customers sit and left the exposed concrete ceiling and steel ventilation ducts above for a hard-edged look," says the designer, Anthony Eckelberry. "Covering the walls in a mustard-color Venetian plaster with a light rubbed-gold finish gives the room a comfortable glow and sets off the collection of Thai antiques that the owner has brought to the space."
The owner, Tony Boon commented: "The clients really like the new look and marvel at the luxurious wood tables and chairs."
The restaurant's new design contributes to the ongoing revitalization of downtown Hollywood as a destination and vibrant social center.
About Anthony Eckelberry, architect:
Anthony Eckelberry is a Los Angeles architect that specializes in high-end restaurants since 1988 and has designed projects for restaurateurs such as Wolfgang Puck, Joachim Splichal and David Myers.
