Drawing from its meat-forward menu, Rare Pastrami Bar is a dramatic departure from what is typically found in Moscow’s Milyutinskiy Pereulok neighborhood. For Harry Nuriev, founder of New York- and locally based Crosby Studios, the standout of the raw, industrial space is “simply everything,” he says. The rosy-hued corrugated metal sheets line the walls, clad the front of the bar, and brighten the trim of dining tables to contrast the coarse, unfinished plaster walls, remainders from the space’s former tenant, a French restaurant. Millennial pink pairs with concrete benches and gray terrazzo flooring, juxtaposing the discreetly concealed bathrooms hidden behind a white-tiled cylinder wall. With an abundance of natural light, the space references a “Los Angeles backyard in Venice Beach,” he says, while the disc-shaped light fixtures hang from different angles, recalling pastrami slices.
Rare Pastrami Bar
Words by: Jennifer Young
Photography by Mikhail Loskutov