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PROJECT | LEGAL SEA BAR

All Aboard
GrizForm's youthful Legal Sea Bar livens DC's Union Station
By Alia Akkam
Photography by Amber Frederiksen Photography

B

ustling Union Station in Washington, DC has ramped up
its eating and drinking options over the past several years.
Now, one of the most atmospheric places to settle in with a
pre-Amtrak bite at this Beaux Arts transportation hub is Legal Sea
Bar, a relaxed, contemporary dining concept dreamed up by the
Legal Sea Foods empire.
Located on the mezzanine level, the restaurant, at just over
2,000 square feet, is dominated by a lively bar that embodies Legal
Sea Bar's personality, what Natalia Sicilia-senior interior designer
at locally based firm GrizForm Design Architects-describes as
youthful and creative.

Considering the hectic backdrop, the design needed to be "bold
and eye-catching in a fast-paced environment," Sicilia adds. To
draw in fast-casual diners, it beckons with bright hues-a contrast
to the building's muted palette. There are the wooden dowels,
painted in a spectrum of vivid colors, that grace the bar's façade,
for example, and the pink, green, and white geometric floor tiles
that subtly depict palm fronds. These elements are grounded by
stainless steel, light European oak, and leather upholstery in a
dusty shade of rose.
A textural wall fashioned from layered, stacked, and staggered
zinc tiles is another dramatic standout. When it plays with the

Above and opposite: Located on the mezzanine level, Legal Sea Bar's liveliness contrasts DC's stately Union Station; the centerpiece bar's
colorful overhead dowels manage to stand out against the dramatic restored 1908 ceiling above.
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NEWH - Fall 2019
Table of contents
GUEST PERSPECTIVE
STUDENT PERSPECTIVE
WHO’S WHO
NEWS
CONFERENCE ROUNDUP
HAVE YOU SEEN?
SCHOLARSHIPS
INTERVIEW
SUSTAINABILITY
Q&A: Shana McCullough-Downing
Q&A: Jordan McInturf
Q&A: Debbie McKelvey
ON THE COVER
PROJECT: Lido House
PROJECT: Bluebird London
PROJECT: Miramonti
PROJECT: Legal Sea Bar
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
SAVE THE DATE
NEW MEMBERS
PARTNER PROFILES
AD INDEX
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