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Moo Moo Bar and Grill

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Arch / Design:		Design Clarity (web)
Type:		Bar
Year:		2010
Location:		Brisbane

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Moo Moo opened in Brisbane after five years of success on the Gold Coast. Moo Moo Broadbeach has won a myriad of awards including Queensland's Best Steak Restaurant 2008, Queensland Best Informal Dining Restaurant 2007, Gold Coast Restaurant of the Year 2007 and Gold Coast's Best Steak Restaurant 2006 to 2009 incl.

Moo Moo breaks down the barriers of a normal steakhouse by losing the overtly masculine vibe that has long been a trademark of its genre. With an eclectic mix of sleek, refined interior spaces with a luxurious, industrial edge, and striking lighting, Moo Moo puts the sexy back into steak.

Owner Steven Adams elevates the concept of a steakhouse by delivering a menu celebrating fresh seasonal flavours from family farms and artisanal producers.

With a chic and popular bar to complement the restaurant; an award winning wine list of approx 750 wines; the finest beef available in the country and first class service .....Moo Moo is “A rare steak restaurant, well done”.

An iconic landmark on the river in Brisbane’s CBD, this two-storey, colonnaded structure became the Port Office in 1888. Originally housing the Department of Harbours and Marine, the building has found a new lease of life as the Moo Moo Wine Bar + Grill; a slick, up-market restaurant within the Stamford Plaza Hotel. Design Clarity partnered with Global Shopfi tters and the Moo Moo directors to realise a unique vision for the new flagship Moo Moo restaurant in this impressive heritage listed site.

Respecting the features of the heritage listed Port Office building, the designers developed an eclectic mix of sleek, refined interior spaces with a luxurious, industrial edge and a focus on lighting solutions.

There are subtle hints back to the provenance of the menu offer, with grey-scale supergraphics referencing Angus & Hereford cattle.

Working closely with the Moo Moo owners and the shopfi tters, Design Clarity created a unique indoor/outdoor dining and bar experience with luxurious balcony areas and lush greenery throughout. Moobar retains the beautifully detailed timber panelling and arched windows of the existing colonial building, with a striking ten metre long monolithic marbleclad bar illuminated by spiky metal feature pendants, it will certainly be a talking point of the design.

Separated from the main dining room, bronze mirror and walnut timber screens divide intimate booth seating for smaller private dining parties.

Feature wallpapered ceiling inlays in decorative plaster moulding surrounds hover over a traditional box hedge as a back to the central banquette. Quirky grass art pieces adorn the walls and a huge backlit bottle wall artpiece sits over one of the original fi replaces. The new Moo Moo Wine Bar + Grill is sure to shake up the Brisbane fine dining scene.