In case you aren’t familiar, the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards is an incredibly influential and world-renowned competition that focuses on design within the food and beverage sector around the world.
To win a Restaurant & Bar Design Award is not necessarily a culinary feat like the James Beard Awards are, instead they are a major acknowledgment to the designer of the space and the owners or operators of the space that may have commissioned or even had a direct hand in developing the design.
What Detroit cocktail lounge is shortlisted as the most beautiful bar in the world?
According to the recently released shortlist, the most beautiful bar in Detroit and potentially even the whole world is none other than Saksey’s on Woodward Ave!
The famous local cocktail lounge was entered into the ‘Standalone’ category when it was initially considered for an award – this refers to any bar or restaurant that is a ‘standalone’ business and not part of a chain or larger conglomerate.
The exact number of bars around the world that were initially considered in this category before the shortlist was released was over 250 names long, now that the shortlist has been published, only 60 businesses in the world remain in contention for an award (and Saksey’s is one of them)!
When will we know if Saksey’s wins an award?
Unfortunately, there will be a bit of time before the final award ceremony, which is slated to take place in Barcelona, Spain on the 31st of October.
Until then it will be your duty to go to Saksey’s and support them to ensure that they know, whether they win or lose, that we are proud to have The D represented on a global scale in such an incredible way!
Who designed Saksey’s?
According to the information on the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards website, Saksey’s was designed with the contribution of two firms, the first of which was Pophouse, and the second being McIntosh Poris Architects.
Though the exact contributions of both design groups are not immediately clear based on the information available, when you look through their portfolios you can see how they combined to create the beautiful space that is Saksey’s!