Quixote
2023
San Diego, CA
Role
Interior Design
Scope
Restaurant and Mezcaleria at The LaFayette Hotel and Swim Club
Partners
Owner: Consortium Holdings
Architects: Tucker Sadler
Contractor: CLTVT, ADK Studios
Quixote is an Oaxacan-inspired concept and Mezcalería designed with monastic qualities that envelop guests with an agnostic sense of worship. The entire space was created from a decommissioned Catholic church in Mexico and reconstructed to showcase dark wood paneling, rough cobblestones that dot the entryway, flickering Santa Maria candles, rich stained-glass windows and baroque pews and banquettes surrounding the pulpit-inspired bar. Heirloom grains and masa with artisanal moles anchor the dining experience alongside creative craft cocktail spotlighting mezcal and Mexican distillates.