Major Food Group (MFG) has expanded the footprint of its Dirty French concept with the launch of Dirty French Steakhouse on Brickell Avenue in Miami. Longtime MFG collaborator Ken Fulk crafted the opulent eatery to reflect a 1980s-style glamour. “Dirty French feels instantly iconic,” Fulk says. “We took inspiration from legendary hot spots—El Morocco, Indochine, Maxim’s Paris—across the globe, using elements from these fabled nightclubs like animal prints, jungle patterns, mashrabiya screens, and silk lanterns. The result is an utterly intoxicating atmosphere.”
Maximalism reigns throughout the restaurant, where neon glitz and exaggerated natural forms characterize the lavish ambiance. Diners arrive through the Jungle Bar, where a custom tropical leaf pattern forms of the backdrop of the lush lounge. Beneath gold-leaf ceilings, fringed leopard barstools are installed beside a heroic onyx bar that’s lit by a striking Murano glass leaf chandelier and golden banana leaf pendants. Channel-tufted banquettes and solid verde marble cocktail tables round out the animated space.
The main dining room awaits via a seductive corridor lined with lanterns and ebonized mashrabiya panels. Walls are wrapped in burnt orange velvet, while custom chairs upholstered in zebra patterns perpetuate the exotic theme. Further, zebra-draped portals lead to the dining parlor, an intimate enclave outfitted with private nooks populated by aubergine velvet wingback banquettes adorned in a deep palette. Floor-to-ceiling disco ball-inspired walls punctuate the private dining room along with colored mirror tables fixed below a silver leaf ceiling. A custom rug designed by Fulk showcases a risqué pattern mimicked by the room’s rainbow venini glass chandeliers as well.
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