Situated in Warwick Street, the venue comprises an informal bar and dining room with 80 covers on the ground floor, and a downstairs cocktail lounge bar, with seating available for 100 people.
The operation is a joint venture between successful Soho operator Brenhan Magee, and entrepreneur and Crystal Palace FC chairman Simon Jordan. Magee has worked with The Breakfast Group over the past 11 years and was instrumental in setting up bars and restaurants including Jerusalem and recently Salvador & Amanda.
Having been heavily involved with the Breakfast Group over the years, and worked on the sound system installation at Salvador & Amanda, Marquee Audio tendered successfully for the audio fit out. Here their system had to blend invisibly into the interior scheme of leisure hospitality specialists Shaun Clarkson Design. Marquee Audio's project manager Scott Wakelin therefore selected 14 of Tannoy's CMS8 TDC recessed ceiling speakers, reinforced with three Tannoy VS10BP subs. The ceiling speakers offer excellent overall performance from an 8in point source, constant directivity Dual Concentric driver.
Reinforcing iPod driven background music the CMS8 TDC's, powered by Crown XLS amplification, are the mainstay of a four-zone system (divided front and back on both floors); Marquee Audio have programmed the EQ and routing parameters into a Soundweb Lite SW3088 DSP, offering local volume control via four SW9012 Soundweb remotes, positioned at the bars. In the downstairs cocktail bar the company has also provided a DJ plug-in point.
Shaun Clarkson's design features include exposed brick walls, mirrors, block wood tables with candelabra, banquette seating in the ground floor's dining area as well as well as high tables, stools, chairs, and a long bar. Downstairs is more extravagant and loungy, with deep colours, wooden flooring, a fire place, armchairs and spot lighting.
(Chris Henry)
