Texas Architect

A Show, A Situation

Written by Jack Murphy | Original Article

"Drive east on Cesar Chavez and Austin’s adolescent skyline shrinks in the rearview mirror. This is the Holly neighborhood, and along this street, unlike other eastern thoroughfares laden with new mixed-use construction, the area has remained contextually intact. Here, new businesses inhabit existing buildings. Such is the case for Juniper, a Northern Italian-inspired restaurant designed by Sanders Architecture with Cravotta Interiors. The restaurant is in a hip warehouse renovation at Cesar Chavez and Pedernales: The structure used to be a bottling plant but is now home to a synthesizer shop, a sour beer brewery, and an architecture coworking space. Juniper was conceptualized as a black box theater where culinary drama takes center stage, and the resulting space is vibrant and rewarding."