The R.H. Hunt Room at St. John's Restaurant. Click to enlarge.
St. John's Restaurant and St. John's Meeting Place restaurants have expanded to offer their "sophisticated, stylish experience" to more guests.
Chef/Co-owner Daniel Lindley and partner Josh Carter announced the addition of more than 1,200 square feet with design by Rodney Simmons of Revival Studio.
In addition, their staff has grown bringing seven new jobs to Chattanooga.
Of the new R.H. Hunt Room at the St. John's Restaurant, Mr. Simmons said, "My design for this space bespeaks elegance, intimate glamour and luxurious modernity - a classic interior that underscores Chef Lindley's extraordinary culinary talent."
The space features horizontal gloss bands that stripe the lower walls to reflect candlelight as it lowers the double height of the room named for the building's original architect Reuben Harrison Hunt. Hunt, an important regional architect, also designed the Art Deco Joel Soloman Federal Building and Chattanooga's classic revival City Hall among many other local buildings.
The room is illuminated by a trio of patinated brass fingered chandeliers with paper cylinder shades designed to reference the large drum light shades of the Lobby Dining Room and Bar. Foxed mirror panels stage both of the private dining rooms with other-worldly images of the diners themselves. The new space seats 50 and is wired for meetings with AV/tech capabilities.
Along with the Thomas Johnson Room - named for the architect who rescued the historic structure - St. John's now offers a variety of private dining options for any gathering, officials said.
St. John's Meeting Place has added The Lounge at Meeting Place. With space for 25 guests, the new upstairs space is described as "at once hip and comfortable." Leather couches and ottomans line one wall while illuminated communal bar-height tables fill the center of the space.
It's all lit by a slideshow of provocative images on the 50-inch flat-screen monitor that bathes the space in flickering color designed to spark conversation over Lindley?s take on traditional bistro fare and drinks prepared by Chattanooga?s finest mixologists.
Both restaurants are open Monday-Thursday from 5 until 9:30 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 5-10 p.m.