Hospitality Design's Top 3 Restaurant Stories of 2020

Atlas Restaurant Group’s steakhouse and dinner theater Monarque serves as a portal to Paris within a 19th-century structure in Baltimore’s Harbor East neighborhood. Locally based designer Patrick Sutton spearheaded the restoration of the site to accommodate a main dining room, bar, and private 20-seat dining room amid a moody and romantic atmosphere. Earthen tones like muted rust, moss green, and bleached walnut infuse a sense of antiquity throughout the concept, while diverse textures—ranging from mohair and velvet to antique mirror and marble—call to mind classic French bistros, brasseries, and burlesque clubs. Read the full story.Atlas Restaurant Group’s steakhouse and dinner theater Monarque serves as a portal to Paris within a 19th-century structure in Baltimore’s Harbor East neighborhood. Locally based designer Patrick Sutton spearheaded the restoration of the site to accommodate a main dining room, bar, and private 20-seat dining room amid a moody and romantic atmosphere. Earthen tones like muted rust, moss green, and bleached walnut infuse a sense of antiquity throughout the concept, while diverse textures—ranging from mohair and velvet to antique mirror and marble—call to mind classic French bistros, brasseries, and burlesque clubs. Read the full story.