The Parq Nightclub and Restaurant is set to reopen in San Diego’s historic Gaslamp District. Designed by Costa Mesa, California-based Davis Ink, the space will unveil this fall following a multimillion-dollar renovation.
“We approached the revamping of On Broadway with the mindset that we wanted to change the entire guest experience from the time they enter the space to when the night is over,” says Davis Krumins, principal of Davis Ink. “Overall, the most exciting part of designing this project was creating two very different spaces with different experiences, that can both work independently but that work together as a whole.”
Guests will enter through two glass roll-up garage doors and make a turn around the vertical garden, which leads them into the modern park-like atmosphere. Inside, a mix of raw, organic elements such as reclaimed wood and yucca trees will mix with various types of greenery. These natural materials soften the contrasting industrial elements such as concrete, aged brick, and metal mesh.
A brick tunnel illuminated by chandeliers leads into the main nightclub space, where a cluster of acrylic tubes wraps from the wall to the ceiling above, and a custom bottle display with hundreds of individual wood boxes, outlined with LED lighting, frames the main bar. This space features contrasting textures and colors such as patchwork booth upholstery inspired by one of Davis’ vintage jackets, warm walnut wood tones, custom metal tree branch dividers, and an alternating black and white stripe restroom. The nightclub itself also offers a women’s makeup lounge, replete with its own bar.
