KNIFE PLANO
PLANO, TEXAS | 6,619 SQ. FT.
Since Knife is one of the two gateway projects for the entrance into the mall, it was important to design the exterior of the restaurant to correspond to the mall’s exterior (see top image to the left). The brick choice, along with the wood siding creates a modern rustic look that continues into the interior. The patio, which expands along the length of the restaurant features a fire pit on both ends of the area. The patio accessible only from the inside of the restaurant through the bi-fold Nana-Wall doors. There is also an inconspicuous door that serves as a private entrance that leads to the private dining rooms. The revolving door on the south end adds to the modern upscale concept.
Knife Burger and Knife Butcher was included in this project. Both are accessible from inside of the shopping center. Knife burger is a quick-service lunch counter, and Knife Butcher is…you’ve guessed it, a butcher shop for ordering premium cuts of meats. The design theme extends from the exterior of the restaurant, and wraps itself into the interior of the mall as the face of both establishments.
As part of a $125,000,000 remodel and expansion, knife steakhouse is one of eight restaurants in the indoor-outdoor section of The Shops At Willowbend Mall. John Tesar, a two-time contestant on Bravo’s “Top Chef”, and winner of Food Network’s “Extreme Chef” was the client for this project.
The location within the mall expansion is the gateway into the mall, and can be entered from the exterior through the revolving door, or from the interior next Knife burger, and the Knife Butcher, which was also a part of this project. For context, Knife started as an open shell structure on the first floor on the mall, with another restaurant directly above on the second floor.
The restaurant features a chef’s kitchen, kitchen bar, drinking bar, meat aging walk-in, dry aging walk-in, a burger bar, a butcher shop, three private dining rooms, several walk-in coolers, and an outdoor patio that is accessible by the bi-fold Nanawall doors that adjoins in the interior and exterior spaces at any given time.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
EXTERIOR
MAIN DINING AREA
KNIFE BURGER & KNIFE BUTCHER