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Once the space was laid out storage and shelving was needed for the back bar wall as well as to highlight the new coffee bar which is in use starting at 7 am! This place has the best latte in town as well as the best Manhattan! We added in a wine cellar that fits 1000 bottles and unique bar fixtures like a freezer drawer to host the clear cut ice, full size mixology stations and magnetic strips to stock tools on. The furniture was picked to feel luxurious, Chesterfield couches are in all the rooms and big enough for a whole group to sit on, the bar stools are also leather and plush with hooks under the bar for each seat as well as charging stations for your laptop or your phone. WorkPlay also features a large stage and very unique lighting fixtures in each space, chosen by the lead designer, Marshal Prather. The feather fixtures in the White Room, the Glass globes over the bar top and the Chinese lantern in the Parlor give great color differences in each of the spaces but still feel like part of the over all ambiance.
Even though you can’t tell yet the final jewel in Workplay’s crown is the Garden Bar. The carefully placed planters and trellis vines are slowly coming in but mark my words, one year from now you will feel like you are in a cool garden oasis hidden from the hot beating down sun and there will in fact be a bar outside for large events. The other benefit we haven’t even mentioned is the stage, set for amazing sound quality and WorkPlay will be hosting live music Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays starting in late January.
WorkPlay is a bar that has been missing from the Honolulu scene, that classy place you can meet a coworker at for drinks in your work clothes and maybe mingle with other like minded young urban professionals. Who knows you may even get that contract signed over a libation with a perfectly clear ice cube making it Work but also Play. If you are visiting WorkPlay in the day time there is parking by the hour across the street until 830 pm and after 5 pm the 17 Redmont Construction Group parking spots are also available to WorkPlay guests. n
About Gabrielle
Gabrielle Maser is the Owner of Interior Design Firm G Design. www.gdesignhawaii.com Follow her on Instagram at @gdesign
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Photos credits to WorkPlay