Just down from Brentwood’s favorite coffee shop, Crema, Karington Rowe is adding a bit of Nashville charm to the neighborhood. We came on board for another ground-up build, transforming this strip mall lease into a warm, elevated restaurant.

We defined the space with our custom die walls, clad in stained ash, and softened the entry with a curved feature wall. Overhead, a boxed-out ceiling in their signature blue helps you forget there’s a Burlington Coat Factory out front.

The real centerpiece is the curved bar—finished with a warm wood armrest, a stone top, and nestled under a mirrored soffit and LED, brass, glass and bent laminated back bar.

A white box turned signature spot—this project was a win for Mesa and another solid collaboration for the Dowdle/Powell team.

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