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Restored floor-to-ceiling windows bathe the dining area in natural light

Kurtis Chen

Exterior interventions enhance the restaurant’s street presence. Perforated off-white steel wraps the restored banding and marks the main entrance, a contemporary, subdued approach to wayfinding that summons attention through restraint.

The circular window, glass block, and high gloss flooring manifest a play of transparency, translucency, and reflectivity within a heavy concrete structure

The curved bar is glimpsed between the heavy structural elements

Project • By ODAMI • Restaurants

Hay Sushi

A stone’s throw from Toronto’s animated Yonge and Sheppard intersection, Hay Sushi is a neighbourhood establishment known for elevated Japanese fare and relaxed dining. Odami had the opportunity to reimagine the restaurant’s Spring Garden location in a nearby space with double its previous capacity. Our design seeks to translate the quiet confidence of the brand’s menu — strongly composed dishes that are detail-oriented but not overly decorative — into an intriguing interior with warmth, comfort, and familiarity, a space that both honours and enhances the restaurant's existing posture in the community. Kurtis Chen Kurtis Chen Located in the ground-floor podium of a 1990s residential towe... More