The Japanese food restaurant, “Gonpachi” is the third venture in LA for Global-Dining Inc. Global Dining has already launched several restaurants in LA, such as Monsoon Café, La Boheme, etc.
In the early state of this project, a major Japanese GC was responsible for the construction process. Regardless of that, at the time when the groundwork and steel erection work commenced, the Owner gave us the opportunity to take over the remaining construction works. For these reasons, WWC continued to become responsible for the construction process in this project until the date of completion.
Persistence to Quality and Space.
The Owner’s persistence to enhance the food environment/space allowed us to procure building materials that are equivalent to those used in the Japanese Gonpachi restaurant, in terms of architecture and interior design. Practically, after old Japanese folk houses were dismantled to obtain parts for later use, these building parts (including wood timber, gates, stone materials, etc.) were imported from Japan. We took special care about reflecting those imported materials into our design. In particular, we took much time to provide Beverly Hills Building & Safety Division and the inspectors an explanation about the structure of the wooden frame (the major structure of the restaurant) so that they could understand the structural theory.