Red’s True BBQ
Services | Restaurant Interior Design
DLSM Studio (formally DesignLSM) were approached by leading smokehouse brand Red’s True BBQ to work on the interiors for the launch of their eighth site in Newcastle’s Intu Eldon Square.
The 240-cover restaurant pays homage to the religious reverence that the founders James Douglas and Scott Munro pay to the art of barbequing. This is subtly translated in the site, through large wall graphics and the intimate ‘confessional’ areas, which include a private dining room and dedicated smokers area.
Details
Specific design features include bespoke bike chain chandeliers, steel gas canisters and reclaimed shipped containers which have been furnished with decorative layers of wire mesh and corrugated iron.
The rough materials and brash graphics combine together to create a raw and masculine aesthetic communicating to the diner the inspiration and passion that the brand has for the homeland of the true BBQ.
Outcome
The mall side is visually open to the public providing them with a teaser of the ‘Red’s experience’ – although once inside the diner is immersed into an ambience that recreates the atmosphere of the rustic shacks and warehouses that James and Scott frequented on their annual pilgrimage of discovery across Southern America.
Awards: Casual Dining Awards 2017, Shortlisted ‘Best Designed Multiple’
