Food Service

Food Service Design Rooted in California’s Central Coast

At Larry Gabriel Architects, we specialize in restaurant design, commercial kitchens, and hospitality spaces across the Central Coast—from Paso Robles to San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. With deep experience in food service architecture, we create code-compliant, efficient, and inspiring spaces for chefs, vintners, brewers, and culinary entrepreneurs. Our clients include IL Cortile Ristorante, Vine, Backyard Beer Garden, Artisan, Deeds, Catch, Burbank Ranch, Human Bean, JoeBella Coffee Roasting, Pier 46, Marstons 101 and many more. Whether you're building a tasting room, modernizing a kitchen, or launching a new concept, we design with function, flow, and the future in mind.

IL Cortile Food Service Architects
Interior of a modern cafe with wooden tables, chairs, and a coffee counter. Bright lighting, potted plants, and artwork on the walls create a cozy atmosphere.
Interior of Deeds Bar and Grill with tables, chairs, and a wooden bar counter, featuring a sign and merchandise display.
Interior of a modern restaurant or cafe with a bar counter, wooden chairs, black leather couches, and landscape photographs on the wall.
A restaurant dining area with tables covered in white tablecloths, set with wine glasses, plates, silverware, and small floral centerpieces. The walls are decorated with framed black and white artwork, and there are pendant lights hanging from the ceiling. The space appears elegant and ready for dinner service.
The Bristol's cider house bar with a black chalkboard wall, colorful tap handles, and a wooden bar counter.
Interior of a modern restaurant with a bar, colorful seating, abstract wall art, and a purple and black color scheme.
Interior of a cozy coffee shop featuring a wooden counter, espresso machines, a menu board, and decor with paintings of landscapes, warm lighting, and a display case of desserts.
An empty restaurant bar with black chairs around a dark granite counter, open kitchen area in the background, decorated with a flower arrangement on the side, modern lighting fixtures hanging from the ceiling.
Exterior of a modern fast-food restaurant named the Human Bean, with illuminated signs, large glass windows, and a small parking lot at dusk.
A small commercial building with a sign that reads 'the HUMAN BEAN', large windows, and is surrounded by a parking lot with marked spaces and directional arrows. There are trees and houses in the background, and the scene appears to be during dusk.
Interior of a restaurant or dining area with a large chandelier, tables set with white tablecloths, and wooden accents.