Roìa Restaurant was awarded an AIA Connecticut 2020 Elizabeth Mills Brown Award of Excellence! 

We won the 2020 AIA CT Elizabeth Mills Brown Award of Excellence! Connecticut has a remarkable built heritage…

How CT Restaurants Can Minimize COVID-19 Risk As They Reopen

On June 17, restaurants in Connecticut were allowed to reopen for indoor dining after having been shut down…

How to Adjust Your Restaurant Layout for COVID-19 Restrictions

As the country adapts to life under the COVID-19 pandemic, dining remains one of the most eagerly anticipated…

Roìa Renovation: How We Highlighted Beautiful Hidden Features

One of our areas of expertise is the careful handling of historic structure rehabilitation projects. Designing spaces that…

Restaurant Design: Space Flow

What makes a restaurant layout efficient? And why is this important? At the most basic level, an efficient…

Restaurant Design: Seating

The design of seating arrangements for a restaurant should reflect the type of cuisine and service that is…

Restaurant Design: Lighting

Lighting is one of the key elements in giving a restaurant its character and atmosphere. Beyond the basic…

Restaurant Design: The Details

What brings the design of a restaurant to a cohesive whole is the sum of its details: –…

A Taste of Our Own Farm-to-Table Projects

For a little taste of our own farm-to-table projects, here are three that we are proud to have…

Take a Tour of Farm to Table Restaurants in CT

Our blog post this week was inspired by a special feature in the July issue of Architectural Record…

From Our Portfolio: Roìa Restaurant

ROÌA: A TIMELESS RESTAURANT IN NEW HAVEN’S HISTORIC TAFT BUILDING The Taft Hotel at 261 College Street in the heart…

A Grand Opening at ROÌA!

We are proud to have been a part of an ambitious renovation and restoration project for a brand…