DEEP

Chef/Owner Jody Denton, formerly of LuLu and Azie in San Francisco, opened Deep, his second restaurant in downtown Bend, Oregon, in June 2007.  Deep featured modern Japanese cuisine—contemporary hot and cold dishes as well as traditional and creative sushi.  With seating for 100, the space was fresh and intimate, bringing an urbane sensibility to this funky, former lumber town in the foothills of the Cascades.

Because Deep was open only for dinner, the inspiration was to create a deluxe-feeling night spot with rich materials and details.  A canopy of gently moving water hovers over the double-height main space, creating a soothing spectacle and working Deep’s name into the design. Different zones or experiences—all relating back to the main space—make Deep a social setting. The restaurant’s dining, lounge and sushi bar are on the street level, with additional seating and private dining perched on the mezzanine, overlooking the water canopy and scene below.  

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A restrained palette of materials brings harmony and clarity to the spaces.  Planks of ipe wood on the façade help the restaurant relate with its wooded setting. The material reappears on the walls inside to create visual interest and lead one’s eye through the spaces.  Thin, gray, light and dark ceramic tiles are used on the floor and again on the wall between the lounge and bar. The bar top and lounge table tops are made from smooth, white Corian. Ribbons of mirror and stainless steel bounce light and views around the rooms.

Backless, circular upholstered seating creates the effect of a youthful drinking place in the lounge.  High-backed banquettes in the adjacent dining area give intimacy and enclosure.  CCS created the art triptych titled “Tree. Timber. Lumber.” that hangs above the dining room.  Large-scale photographic images of wood indifferent states are digitally altered into blurs, again connecting to Bend’s lumber legacy, and bringing a sense of newness from afar.

“I’m extremely excited with how the architecture turned out,” says Denton. “Atmosphere is so much of a restaurant’s capacity to provide an experience. That, along with the food and service, makes for the total event that eating out should offer.”

DEEP

Chef/Owner Jody Denton, formerly of LuLu and Azie in San Francisco, opened Deep, his second restaurant in downtown Bend, Oregon, in June 2007.  Deep featured modern Japanese cuisine—contemporary hot and cold dishes as well as traditional and creative sushi.  With seating for 100, the space was fresh and intimate, bringing an urbane sensibility to this funky, former lumber town in the foothills of the Cascades.

Because Deep was open only for dinner, the inspiration was to create a deluxe-feeling night spot with rich materials and details.  A canopy of gently moving water hovers over the double-height main space, creating a soothing spectacle and working Deep’s name into the design. Different zones or experiences—all relating back to the main space—make Deep a social setting. The restaurant’s dining, lounge and sushi bar are on the street level, with additional seating and private dining perched on the mezzanine, overlooking the water canopy and scene below.  

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A restrained palette of materials brings harmony and clarity to the spaces.  Planks of ipe wood on the façade help the restaurant relate with its wooded setting. The material reappears on the walls inside to create visual interest and lead one’s eye through the spaces.  Thin, gray, light and dark ceramic tiles are used on the floor and again on the wall between the lounge and bar. The bar top and lounge table tops are made from smooth, white Corian. Ribbons of mirror and stainless steel bounce light and views around the rooms.

Backless, circular upholstered seating creates the effect of a youthful drinking place in the lounge.  High-backed banquettes in the adjacent dining area give intimacy and enclosure.  CCS created the art triptych titled “Tree. Timber. Lumber.” that hangs above the dining room.  Large-scale photographic images of wood indifferent states are digitally altered into blurs, again connecting to Bend’s lumber legacy, and bringing a sense of newness from afar.

“I’m extremely excited with how the architecture turned out,” says Denton. “Atmosphere is so much of a restaurant’s capacity to provide an experience. That, along with the food and service, makes for the total event that eating out should offer.”

DEEP

Chef/Owner Jody Denton, formerly of LuLu and Azie in San Francisco, opened Deep, his second restaurant in downtown Bend, Oregon, in June 2007.  Deep featured modern Japanese cuisine—contemporary hot and cold dishes as well as traditional and creative sushi.  With seating for 100, the space was fresh and intimate, bringing an urbane sensibility to this funky, former lumber town in the foothills of the Cascades.

Because Deep was open only for dinner, the inspiration was to create a deluxe-feeling night spot with rich materials and details.  A canopy of gently moving water hovers over the double-height main space, creating a soothing spectacle and working Deep’s name into the design. Different zones or experiences—all relating back to the main space—make Deep a social setting. The restaurant’s dining, lounge and sushi bar are on the street level, with additional seating and private dining perched on the mezzanine, overlooking the water canopy and scene below.  

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A restrained palette of materials brings harmony and clarity to the spaces.  Planks of ipe wood on the façade help the restaurant relate with its wooded setting. The material reappears on the walls inside to create visual interest and lead one’s eye through the spaces.  Thin, gray, light and dark ceramic tiles are used on the floor and again on the wall between the lounge and bar. The bar top and lounge table tops are made from smooth, white Corian. Ribbons of mirror and stainless steel bounce light and views around the rooms.

Backless, circular upholstered seating creates the effect of a youthful drinking place in the lounge.  High-backed banquettes in the adjacent dining area give intimacy and enclosure.  CCS created the art triptych titled “Tree. Timber. Lumber.” that hangs above the dining room.  Large-scale photographic images of wood indifferent states are digitally altered into blurs, again connecting to Bend’s lumber legacy, and bringing a sense of newness from afar.

“I’m extremely excited with how the architecture turned out,” says Denton. “Atmosphere is so much of a restaurant’s capacity to provide an experience. That, along with the food and service, makes for the total event that eating out should offer.”

DEEP

Chef/Owner Jody Denton, formerly of LuLu and Azie in San Francisco, opened Deep, his second restaurant in downtown Bend, Oregon, in June 2007.  Deep featured modern Japanese cuisine—contemporary hot and cold dishes as well as traditional and creative sushi.  With seating for 100, the space was fresh and intimate, bringing an urbane sensibility to this funky, former lumber town in the foothills of the Cascades.

Because Deep was open only for dinner, the inspiration was to create a deluxe-feeling night spot with rich materials and details.  A canopy of gently moving water hovers over the double-height main space, creating a soothing spectacle and working Deep’s name into the design. Different zones or experiences—all relating back to the main space—make Deep a social setting. The restaurant’s dining, lounge and sushi bar are on the street level, with additional seating and private dining perched on the mezzanine, overlooking the water canopy and scene below.  

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A restrained palette of materials brings harmony and clarity to the spaces.  Planks of ipe wood on the façade help the restaurant relate with its wooded setting. The material reappears on the walls inside to create visual interest and lead one’s eye through the spaces.  Thin, gray, light and dark ceramic tiles are used on the floor and again on the wall between the lounge and bar. The bar top and lounge table tops are made from smooth, white Corian. Ribbons of mirror and stainless steel bounce light and views around the rooms.

Backless, circular upholstered seating creates the effect of a youthful drinking place in the lounge.  High-backed banquettes in the adjacent dining area give intimacy and enclosure.  CCS created the art triptych titled “Tree. Timber. Lumber.” that hangs above the dining room.  Large-scale photographic images of wood indifferent states are digitally altered into blurs, again connecting to Bend’s lumber legacy, and bringing a sense of newness from afar.

“I’m extremely excited with how the architecture turned out,” says Denton. “Atmosphere is so much of a restaurant’s capacity to provide an experience. That, along with the food and service, makes for the total event that eating out should offer.”

DEEP

Chef/Owner Jody Denton, formerly of LuLu and Azie in San Francisco, opened Deep, his second restaurant in downtown Bend, Oregon, in June 2007.  Deep featured modern Japanese cuisine—contemporary hot and cold dishes as well as traditional and creative sushi.  With seating for 100, the space was fresh and intimate, bringing an urbane sensibility to this funky, former lumber town in the foothills of the Cascades.

Because Deep was open only for dinner, the inspiration was to create a deluxe-feeling night spot with rich materials and details.  A canopy of gently moving water hovers over the double-height main space, creating a soothing spectacle and working Deep’s name into the design. Different zones or experiences—all relating back to the main space—make Deep a social setting. The restaurant’s dining, lounge and sushi bar are on the street level, with additional seating and private dining perched on the mezzanine, overlooking the water canopy and scene below.  

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A restrained palette of materials brings harmony and clarity to the spaces.  Planks of ipe wood on the façade help the restaurant relate with its wooded setting. The material reappears on the walls inside to create visual interest and lead one’s eye through the spaces.  Thin, gray, light and dark ceramic tiles are used on the floor and again on the wall between the lounge and bar. The bar top and lounge table tops are made from smooth, white Corian. Ribbons of mirror and stainless steel bounce light and views around the rooms.

Backless, circular upholstered seating creates the effect of a youthful drinking place in the lounge.  High-backed banquettes in the adjacent dining area give intimacy and enclosure.  CCS created the art triptych titled “Tree. Timber. Lumber.” that hangs above the dining room.  Large-scale photographic images of wood indifferent states are digitally altered into blurs, again connecting to Bend’s lumber legacy, and bringing a sense of newness from afar.

“I’m extremely excited with how the architecture turned out,” says Denton. “Atmosphere is so much of a restaurant’s capacity to provide an experience. That, along with the food and service, makes for the total event that eating out should offer.”