Hospitality Design - November 2023 - 81

When did you decide to make the move
from New York to San Francisco?
My wife's family is from Marin County, which
is on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge.
I'd been on television for a long time and felt
that success of living in New York. I was ready
for something new. I did feel like a hardcore
New Yorker [though]. You feel like your spine
is stiffer and you have a real work ethic because
survival in New York is determined on how
hard you grind. That has served me well for
these later phases of my life.
Contemporary checkerboard flooring
welcomes diners to Miller & Lux, located
in San Francisco's Chase Center
Ruby red banquettes snake through
the bar area at Miller & Lux
You opened Wayfare Tavern in San
Francisco in 2010, which has seen so much
success, but not without challenges. What
was it like to go through the pandemic as a
restaurant owner?
We had 11 years at this restaurant at the time,
and we didn't know what was going to happen.
All you can do is hold on for another month and
then another month, with the hope that you're
going to make a couple hundred bucks today.
We did everything we could to figure out how to
hustle harder with fewer people. We went from
137 employees down to [about] 11. During Covid,
we got a deal with [online food marketplace]
GoldBelly so we could ship nationwide. We did
fried chicken to-go through DoorDash, and then
we [leased] a fried chicken truck that we drove
around. It was brutal, but we didn't close, and
that's the big success story.
A fringed chandelier suspends
over blue booths at Miller & Lux
In 2021, you opened Miller & Lux at the
Chase Center, home of NBA team the
Golden State Warriors. It was named
Best Steakhouse in the Bay Area by San
Francisco Magazine and was recently
listed in the Michelin Guide. How did the
project come about?
We were supposed to open in 2020. We started
planning in 2017 and brought Ken Fulk on
board in 2018. When we got the deal with
the Warriors, we decided on a steakhouse,
and then we started thinking through the
space that they had allotted for it. It was an
incredibly complex thing to build. We had
to stop when the city shut down and were
put on hold for about six months. [When we
finally] got a permit to continue to build it, [the
Warriors] wanted me to open by the start of the
2021 basketball season. The room was finished,
but I didn't have one plate or one spoon or one
POS system. I had a beautiful, empty room,
and I was the only employee. We hit the gas
as hard as we could-I hired everybody in 45
days. We found an awesome opening team,
and most of those folks still work for us today,
which is incredible.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - November 2023

from the editor
from the guest editor
people: saint joseph's arts foundation
a love letter to san francisco
memoir
the history of san francisco
ken's perfect day
retail roundup
hotel development
wine country
profile: the rug company
wallcoverings
bath
lighting
seating
project breakdown
mii amo
alder + ash
twelvemonth
sea ranch lodge
alpine hall
change agents
chip conley
yves béhar
tyler florence
shelley lindgren, amanda haas +    lindsay kinder 
lauren geremia
ramekon o’arwisters
michael + lindsay tusk
vincent medina + louis trevino
circe sher 
laura crescimano
sam suleman
ad index
back space: kemper hyers
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - Cover1
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - from the editor
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - from the guest editor
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - people: saint joseph's arts foundation
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - a love letter to san francisco
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - memoir
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - the history of san francisco
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - ken's perfect day
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - retail roundup
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - hotel development
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - wine country
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - profile: the rug company
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - wallcoverings
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - 59
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - bath
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - 61
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - lighting
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - seating
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - 64
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - project breakdown
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - mii amo
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - 67
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - alder + ash
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - twelvemonth
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - sea ranch lodge
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - 71
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - alpine hall
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - 73
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - change agents
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - chip conley
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - yves béhar
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - tyler florence
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - 81
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - shelley lindgren, amanda haas +    lindsay kinder 
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - lauren geremia
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - ramekon o’arwisters
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - michael + lindsay tusk
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - 90
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - vincent medina + louis trevino
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - circe sher 
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - laura crescimano
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - sam suleman
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Hospitality Design - November 2023 - ad index
Hospitality Design - November 2023 - back space: kemper hyers
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