Loring Kitchen & Bar, is a new 3,900 square foot restaurant concept in the recently redeveloped Eitel Building Apartments overlooking Loring Park in Minneapolis. The casual neighborhood eatery was designed to take advantage of the site’s picturesque setting and with floor-to-ceiling glass windows and doors on three sides, the majority of seats face outward, offering spectacular views of neighboring Loring Park. Nearly half of the approximately 200 seats flank the restaurant on a large outdoor patio and covered portico. The 60-seat open-air portico is equipped with large folding glass doors that allow four-season seating on the restaurant’s perimeter. The restaurant’s interior includes a large travertine community table and zinc bar, a dramatic wine display, iron and seeded glass sconces and chandeliers, and wall-mounted graphic chalkboard menus. Shea worked on the design and architecture of the space as well as development of the Loring Kitchen & Bar brand, which included logo and menu design.