Resource Guide to Restaurant Reopening

City Open Workshop brought together participating designers (see Designer Directory below) in Illinois Restaurant Association office hours as they worked to answer questions for local restaurants each week. This group ultimately coalesced into the core team members that agreed on the need to create a restaurant resource guide for re-opening for restaurants and chambers of commerce as a pattern of similar questions emerged week to week. 

The group created responses and links to commonly answered questions and also elevated issues that required images or infographics to better understand how to set up a tent, sidewalk cafe permitting and parklets for example. Each firm worked on creating images that can be seen in the final guide.

CLICK HERE to download the full guide or HERE to download in Spanish.  

Fall and winter dining guide is available HERE. 

Aria Architects* (Fall / Winter)
Lis Battle
Email: ebattle@ariainc.com
Phone: (312) 804-2401
www.ariainc.com


Civic Projects* (Fall / Winter)
Monica Chadha
Email: mchadha@civic-projects.com
Phone: (312) 217 1570
www.civic-projects.com


DLR Group* (Fall / Winter)
Marina Berrones
Phone: (312) 780-1018
www.dlrgroup.com/home/


Ian Miley* (Fall / Winter)
Email: Ianm@wjwarchitecture.com
Phone: (405) 898-7538


Integro Rehab LLC* (Fall/Winter)
Allyson Case Anderson
Phone: (312) 213-6321


Latent Design* (Fall / Winter)
Katherine Darnstadt
Email: katherine@latentdesign.net
Phone: (312) 344-1498
www.latentdesign.net


O'Kelly Kasprak* (Fall/Winter)
Belinda O'Kelly
Phone: (312) 962-5977
okellykasprak.com/our-studio/


Ratio* (Fall / Winter)
Eli Lechter
Email: ELechter@ratiodesign.com
Phone: (312) 763-7203
www.ratiodesign.com


Sam Schwartz* (Fall/Winter)
Stacey Meekins
Email: smeekins@samschwartz.com
Phone: (312) 736-2547
www.samschwartz.com


SmithGroup* (Fall / Winter)
Brett Weidl
Email: brett.weidl@smithgroup.com
Phone: (312) 586-4748
www.smithgroup.com


Wyzendale* (Fall / Winter)
Mark Lawrence
Email: mark@wyzendale.com
Phone: (312) 723-0480
www.wyzendale.com

*Indicated design groups and individuals below are available to continue being resources during the Fall and Winter.

The IRA makes no representations or guarantees about the design advice provided to the members.  Because the IRA is merely facilitating contact with these architects, you will have a relationship solely with the architect.  The IRA is receiving no referral or other fee in connection with offering this information.