Tag Archives: Pop-Up Restaurant

16/07

Frank's Cafe and Campari Bar

Perched atop a disused Peckham car-park, Frank’s Cafe and Campari bar is an innovative pop-up eatery designed by Lettice Drake and Paloma Gormley (Practice Architecture). The temporary cafe appears for the second year in a row as part of the Bold Tendencies sculpture project by Hannah Barry Gallery which has attracted more than just local interest in this culturally overlooked corner of South London.

Frank’s cafe is run by Frank Boxer, owner of Vauxhall’s Brunswick House Cafe and Bonnington Square Deli, and head chef Michael Davies of the Hope and Anchor, Waterloo. Diners can enjoy an al-fresco set-up that offers outstanding views of London and its landmarks, the London Eye, Millennium Dome, to Crystal Palace and beyond.

The structure was built over 25 days by a team of volunteers working alongside Lettice and Paloma, whose collaborative studio specialise in design-build architecture and social spaces. It is made up of nine 50m long ratchet straps that ‘loop around the entire floor plate and lash a bright red PVC canopy to the car park roof’. Reclaimed timber columns constructed from bolted together scaffold planks support the straps. The same reclaimed timber has been used for the structure, bar and furniture resulting in a pared down look that suits the starkness of the car-park and allows the striking colour and form of the roof to stand out. The red roof and ratchet straps were fabricated in a factory that produce drop down canvases for commercial lorries.

Frank’s Cafe and the sculptures of the Bold Tendencies project are open Thursday to Sunday, 11am to 10pm on the 10th Floor of Peckham multi-storey car-park, 95A Rye Lane, London, SE15 4ST.

03/12

Dock Kitchen, Pop-Up Restaurant

Dock Kitchen, a moveable Restaurant temporarily located along Ladbroke Grove, London. Creating the idea of the Pop-Up restaurant, Joseph Trivelli and Stevie Parle, who are both chefs, originally started working at The River Café and decided to join forces to create the Pop-Up Restaurant so that it can make its way around London.

The contemporary architecture of Dock Kitchen has a very Victorian industrial infrastructure, designed by Tom Dixon, keeping to the basics, this impressive interior has used brick, which has been left exposed along the walls, grey slate counters, large communal tables and wood along the slanted ceiling to create an underground appearance. Getting inspiration from the Grand Union Canal where Ladbroke Grove joins onto Harrow Road. Tom Dixon described the overall design of Dock Kitchen as an ‘Emporium of Creative Talent’.

Normally opened during the day for breakfast and lunch but it is sometimes opened on the rare chance in the evening, for special occasions. As this is a Pop-Up Restaurant, the idea is to move from one location to another but Dock Kitchen has really taken off and might be staying open longer than it was anticipated.

The lights in the interior are very much a feature and have been designed by Tom Dixon himself, called Bowl, made from cast glass, having various shapes, such as a Bowl, Lens and Tube, which are brought together to create the urban characteristic of the restaurant.

The urban, underground theme to Dock Kitchen along with the food that is served at Dock Kitchen is globally inspired, which works very well and has been designed so that it can work anywhere in London, suited for everyone.

Dock Kitchen