Innovative designers turned restauranteurs, Pablo Flack and David Wad-dington, owners of Bistrotheque restaurant in London created one of the first pop up restaurants with their Narnia inspired dining experience in 2006. Since then they have honed their craft at the Royal Academy in 2008, and in July of 2010 they did it again on the roof of the Westfield shopping centre car park in East London.
The new restaurant was called Studio East, and was created by hauling a shipping container 35 metres onto the roof to site the kitchen, whilst construct-ing a series of timber framed, open ended structures filled with giant trestle tables to seat 120 diners at a sitting, all designed by award winning architect Carmody Groarke.
Chef, Tom Collins, focused on providing a seasonal menu for the three weeks of the restaurant’s existence, and diners were able to sample the best of British ingredients whilst feasting their eyes on the stunning views of the 2012 Olympic site being built below them. Dining has never been so chic, or so precarious.
Pop up shops are becoming increasingly popular, both as sites for individual projects and promotions within an existing commercial space, or as stand alone structures for more avant garde retail projects you may wish to pursue. We know because we have extensive experience of building and fitting out pop up environments.
