Ste Marie evokes "old-world Italian charm" in Vancouver's Caffè La Tana - architecture and design

Ste Marie evokes "old-world Italian charm" in Vancouver's Caffè La Tana



The owners of this weathered and cosy Italian cafe in Vancouver, designed by local studio Ste Marie, imagine it as a den for their pet fox.
Caffè La Tana is a dimly lit restaurant with muted green interiors in Vancouver's Little Italy neighbourhood.

The cafe's name La Tana loosely translates from Italian to "the den". Aspects of the interiors were chosen as if they could be the home of the restaurant owner's beloved fox, Savio, which also informed another restaurant designed by Ste Marie in the city.
"The idea for the name was a play on the name of our other restaurant: Savio Volpe ? La Tana being the idea that it's the Cantina of our cunning fox where he keeps his treasures," said co-owner Craig Stanghetta, who worked closely with his colleagues Carmen Cheung and Kate Richard at Ste Marie to design the space. Photograph by Ian Lanterman
Ste Marie has a department that focuses solely on positioning, narrative and concept development. For Caffè La Tana, the aim was to evoke the delight of bustling cafes in Italy ? a concept that Stanghetta said he had been wanting to do for a long time.

The team also portrayed a fox foraging around the cafe in the project photography.

"I wanted a place that would bring me back to my favourite memories of travelling in Italy with my family and happening upon a tiny hole in the wall that turns out to be warm, welcoming and special," he said.
"Our vision was to create a space that encapsulated the groc...
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