Our original plan had an open ceiling design, but the health department denied our request, and decided that we should clad literally every surface from floor to ceiling. They had initially approved it, only to go back and change their minds. Of course the build cost was affected by this due to the extra framing and now excessive amount of drywall. More money just fell out of our pocket.
Since for some inexplicable reason it can take up to 4 months for the city to review an exterior facade design submission, we decided to get our plan ready for submission after we open the doors. Normally we would submit interior and exterior plans simultaneously, but since we were frantically preoccupied with getting our interior layout approved, the exterior planning fell to the wayside. 
The rendering above was the first one submitted by our designer Yukiko, which I have to admit I wasn't too thrilled about, but this was early on in our relationship together. After showing her some of the art and design that I loved, Yukiko was able to start tweaking things more to our liking. 
As with everything else in this build, nothing is as simple as it seems. Despite the possibility of a city approval for exterior re-facading, the owner of the building has not been the easiest to sell on big changes. We're hoping that they'll finally realize that our building is starting to give Norm's a run for their money. We really hope that our rendering can become a reality and isn't just a teaser of a pipe dream. 
This is all you're gonna get for now. We need to leave some surprises! In the vein of creating some design cohesion between our shops, we decided that our chairs had to be cool. The Emeco Navy chair has been used in so many places, including some McDonalds!! I'm sure McD's won't have this one.
I've never seen so much framing in such a small area. There was an insane amount of detailed framing that was needed to create the angles and curves.
Big Invader from MOCA
