Lina Stores Kings Cross

The 127-cover venue featured many recognisable Lina Stores elements, including instantly recognisable pistachio green and white colour palette. When conceiving the design concept, Red Deer wanted to celebrate Lina Stores' history and journey through time. Beginning with the delicatessen, a green tiled counter and product filled shelving will evoke a sense of the original Brewer Street site. The new pasta production serves as a “pasta laboratory”. Echoing the design of Greek Street, the main restaurant will house a dining counter, transformed for the Kings Cross venue into a large theatrical kitchen stage where diners will eat whilst watching Lina’s chefs cooking and plating dishes. Private booths covered by Dutch canopies and long banquettes will provide more intimate seating. Key design elements for the new site including a bespoke marble green and white floor, retro mosaics and reclaimed original opaline globe lights sourced from the historic deli’s early days which will illuminate the space. Photography © Mariell Lind Hansen