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There are classic restaurants, and then there is the steakhouse—that temple of carnivorous consumption where finely woven linens and clubby leather banquettes set the tone for flesh-filled feasts. But Vancouver restaurateur Emad Yacoub of the Glowbal Group has given this timehonored culinary tradition an entirely new contemporary spin with Black + Blue, located in the heart of Vancouver’s buzzy downtown. The triplex restaurant inhabits an existing eatery and sprawls over nearly 12,000 square feet, lorded over by 38-foot ceilings and anchored— in its 5,000-square-foot main dining room—by a monumental 12-by12-foot illuminated meat locker. Dramatically bathed in pink light, the locker, lined by near innumerable bricks of crystal-like Himalayan salt, is the most eye-catching design flourish by Black + Blue’s creators, locally based Box Interior Design. “We wanted to devise a way to showcase the meat that would be interesting and help the aging process, while still leaving the room feeling

Opposite page and above: The bar at Black + Blue steakhouse in Vancouver features a dramatic illuminated meat locker; to create intimacy in the sprawling 12,000-square-foot restaurant boasting 38-foot ceilings, velvet drapes separate dining booths.

intimate and without making people feel queasy,” says Box principal Cynthia Penner. “Aging meat is not pretty and we sought to create an icon of sorts that really honors the food and is respectful to the cattle, which is especially important in a ‘veggie’ town like Vancouver.”

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People
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Sketchbook
Trends
Purchasing POV
Sustainable Studio
Interviews
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Profiles
Flooring
Bathroom
Technology
Doors
Art
European Hoteliers
Platinum Circle
Belgraves
Hotel Lincoln
W Austin
Scandic Grand Central
Hilton McLean
LOLA
Saguaro
Hyatt Regency Jinan
Trump Toronto
Catch
MoonShine Modern Supper Club
North End Grill
Maximiliano
AQ
Black + Blue
Graffiato
Tsujita
Barrio 47
Parallel 37
Rush, ESPA, and roof decks at the Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi
40/40 Club
Hyde and Sayers
Back Space
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