.com design hospitality NEWS PROJECTS PRODUCTS PEOPLE featured project GALLERIES AWARDS + EVENTS > products It's our restaurant issue, and we have more tabletop options to share. > more from the magazine Check out extra images from this issue's Sketchbook projects and from our look at the fast-casual dining trend. > interview > The multimillion-dollar makeover of the 5-Star Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg by local designer Didier Gomez added femininity, fashion, and polish to what was once a private mansion. Want more chefs? Anthony Meidenbauer, executive chef at Block 16 Hospitality, tells us about coming up with some of Vegas' most innovative culinary concepts. meet the minds behind restaurant design > awards + events Tickets are available now for HD's 27th annual Platinum Circle Awards Gala, November 10th at the Conrad New York, at hdplatinumcircle.com. > letters to the editor Got comments? Email Stacy Shoemaker Rauen at stacy.shoemaker@emeraldexpo.com > Los Angeles firm Built, Inc.-known for local nightlife concepts from Bootsy Bellows to the Blind Dragon (shown)-is helmed by New York native John Sofio, an innovator in the design-build movement who has worked with the likes of David Arquette and John Terzian of the H.Wood Group. twitter @hdmag facebook.com/ hospitalitydesign magazine find us on linkedin hospitalitydesign.com October 2015 019http://www.hospitalitydesign.com http://www.hdplatinumcircle.com http://www.facebook.com/hospitalitydesignmagazine http://www.hospitalitydesign.com