Kurrypinch

Charred-wood banquette seating and back bar cabinetry for a Sri Lankan restaurant, built with designer Jennifer Nielsen.

Dining room with a long charred-wood banquette below pale plaster walls and pendant lights
Kurrypinch dining room. Photo: Katherine Evans
Table setting in front of the charred-wood banquette
Photo: Katherine Evans
Charred banquette lit from above along a row of set tables
The banquette at night
Client
Kurrypinch (Chef Shaheen Ghazaly)
Designer
Jennifer Nielsen Design
Location
5051 Hollywood Blvd, Los Feliz
Project value
Approx. $18,000
Scope
Shop drawings; 200-inch banquette; restaurant-safe back bar sink base; floating wine glass unit
Materials
Shou sugi ban (charred) wood, oil finished and treated for durability; birch plywood carcasses

The brief

Kurrypinch, a Valley favorite, opened its Hollywood Boulevard location with interiors by Jennifer Nielsen. The design set dark, textured woodwork against pale plaster walls, and every piece had to stand up to daily restaurant use.

What we did

We drew the banquette and back bar in December 2024, with one round of revisions to the back bar. The boards were charred in the shou sugi ban method, then oil finished and treated for durability.

The banquette runs 200 inches and was built in our shop over a framed seat base. Behind the bar we built a sink base and a floating wine glass unit, both clad in the same charred finish.

Drawings

December 2024

Shop drawing of the 200-inch banquette in plan and elevation
Banquette, plan and elevation
Shop drawing of the back bar wall unit with wine glass rack
Back bar with wine glass rack

In the shop and on site

Charred shou sugi ban boards with raised grain
Charred boards
Ari Graham finishing a charred board on sawhorses
Ari finishing the boards
The banquette front and back panels assembled in the shop
Banquette in the shop
The charred wine glass unit mounted above the bar
Wine glass unit installed
The back bar unit above a stainless sink and bar equipment
Back bar over the sink base

Team: Ryan Warner, Ari Graham · Designer: Jennifer Nielsen Design · Dining room photos by Katherine Evans · Process photos by Yarrow Studios · LAist — Kurrypinch now open

Related: Restaurant and bar millwork

Have something in mind?

A sketch, a sentence or a full design set is enough to start. Tell us about it and we'll take it from there.

Start a project
White oak wall cabinets over a red-tiled counter and an upholstered bench, set in a gallery

Next project

Erin Wright, Memnosphere — gallery kitchens in white oak