Immigrant Food, Washington, D.C.
Chef Enrique Limardo’s culinary inspirations come from Venezuela, but his cooking is global. The restaurant has had a statement baked in from the beginning: an homage to America’s immigrant diversity. Big photos, playful colors and warm woods create a welcoming vibe.
The Silver Fork, Manchester, Vt.
Silverfork is an 1800s library building reborn as a Mid-Century Modern restaurant. With the design help of Wayfair Professional, the family-owned restaurant went with a smooth, softer-edge Mid-Century Modern vibe with mellow colors, low coffee tables in organic shapes and funky carved-wood lighting alongside plush banquettes and no holding back on the swath of art on the walls.
Doi Moi, Washington, D.C.
Designer Michelle Bove of DesignCase took Doi Moi from a stark, minimalist white interior to an electric setting of bold color, mixed textures and neon lighting to showcase the vibrant elements of Vietnamese culture.