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Merola designs West Village restaurant graphics

Agave restaurant logo design

Merola designs logo and sig­nage and menus for New York South West­ern restau­rant Agave.

New York’s Agave Restau­rant in the West Vil­lage, fea­tures close to 40 tequi­las and a strong south­ern fusion menu. Agave is located at 140 Sev­enth Avenue South.

Visit the Agave web­site cre­ated by menu­palace.

October 20th, 2008 | | Logo Design, Restaurant Design | COMMENT »

Punch, a Flatiron favorite going on 15 years

logo for Punch restaurant

Merola designed this logo 15 years ago and it remains one of the most com­pli­mented logos in his port­fo­lio. Patri­cia Grace is credit with the paint­ing of the restaurant’s namesake.

Punch’s kitchen con­tin­ues to sur­prises it’s cus­tomers with unex­pected and deli­ciously pre­pared dished. Exten­sive wine list, drink and dessert spe­cials keep Punch a local favorite. Punch is located at 913 Broad­way at 20th Street, New York, NY.

January 9th, 2008 | | Logo Design, Portfolio, Restaurant Design | COMMENT »

NY lounge graphics designed by Merola

Merola designs lounge graph­ics
Styl­ish Decor, exotic drinks and excel­lent food are a few rea­sons why Eau Lounge quickly became a one of New York’s favorite after hour hot spots. A Tribe Called Quest’s super DJ Q-Tip packed the house each Thurs­day night in the Flat­iron Dis­trict. Merola designed logo, sig­nage, menus and invitations.

January 9th, 2008 | | Logo Design, Restaurant Design | COMMENT »

Merola Designs Bridgewaters logo

Bridge­wa­ters Restau­rant located in New York’s South Street Sea­port fea­tures panoramic views of the Brook­lyn Bridge and the Brook­lyn sky­line mak­ing it the per­fect place to host seated din­ners, wed­dings, ben­e­fits, and cor­po­rate functions.

Robert Merola Designed and illus­trated the logo, sig­nage and adver­tise­ments for this New York City landmark.

January 9th, 2008 | | Events, Logo Design, Portfolio, Restaurant Design | COMMENT »

East Village restaurant graphics by Merola Design

Orig­i­nal restau­rant graph­ics designed for One & One. The pre­vi­ous busi­ness to occupy this space on the cor­ner of First Street and First Avenue, caught fire and stayed empty for years until One and One reopened it’s doors in the spring of 1998. Fire red painted walls and church can­dles cre­ated a a cozy glow to this Irish pub.

Menu design, can­dles matches and room dividers were also designed.

January 9th, 2008 | | Logo Design, Restaurant Design | COMMENT »

Hudson River Club will be missed

The highly acclaimed water­front restau­rant didn’t sur­vived 9/11, but the four star restau­rant in the World Finan­cial Cen­ter will be remem­bered as the place to host the ulti­mate Wall Street power lunch. Robert Merola designed the logo, post­cards menus and ads for the Hud­son River Club from it’s launch through its peak.

December 5th, 2006 | | Logo Design, Portfolio, Restaurant Design | 3 Comments »

Merola designs graphics for Buckingham hotel

Rob Merola designed new logo for landmark New York hotel.

The Buck­ing­ham Hotel refur­bished their hotel and their iden­tity. Across from Carnegie Hall and a long list of musi­cal res­i­dents inspired the new look of the Buckingham.

The Matisse inspired danc­ing king con­cept was cre­ated by Merola and became the cen­tral form for a Jose Ortega illus­tra­tion which was and then brought to life on a 12 foot stained glass win­dow fab­ri­cated by Ram­busch Studios.

In addi­tion to the usual busi­ness papers, guest wel­come kits, maps of the neigh­bor­hood, post­cards and sales brochures were cre­ated as well as ad cam­paign and launch web­site design.

December 1st, 2006 | | Logo Design, Restaurant Design, Web Design | COMMENT »

Atlantic City’s Luna Lounge graphics by Merola

Party invi­ta­tions for Luna Lounge

Merola Design devel­oped the logo, sig­nage and invi­ta­tions for Luna Lounge, a mod­ern inter­pre­ta­tion of a Vegas style club. Luna’s curved cur­tain wall inspired the bent let­ter forms.

Drink spe­cials, live enter­tain­ment and a state-of-the-art video and music sys­tem paints the space with the rhyth­mic glow of chill-house and vibe beats is sure to con­tinue to attract the hippest of AC’s late night crowds. Luna Lounge - Located in Resorts Inter­na­tional Casino, sec­ond floor at Board­walk & North Car­olina Avenue.

November 5th, 2006 | | Logo Design, Portfolio, Restaurant Design | COMMENT »