Tink's House
The Project
A dining experience where diners move as a group from room-to-room, eating a different course in each. Our goal: to reconstruct the familiar feeling and tastes of home in an unfamiliar way.
To build Tink's House, we transformed an abandoned, rundown house near downtown into an art installation + pop-up restaurant. Four rooms rebuilt to simulate the textures and sensations of home: den, dining room, kitchen, and bedroom.
Before
After
The Press
Tink's house was sold out every night of its two-month run, and was reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, NPR.
“An excellent dinner idea for your art-gallery-hopping friends or art-loving significant other who doesn't quite understand your food obsession. Both of you will have your way at Tink's House.”
“It's gotten a ton of attention in LA, which is deserved because it lives up to its billing as an immersive dining experience where food, art and design come together.”
“Like walking into a trippy dream by Brian Wilson.”
“Tink's house ended, and as I walked away, I thought I might never have such a unique dining experience.”
“All Pop-ups should be this creative.”
— EatingLA
“Haven't been that inspired in a long time. Get To It LA!”
— Jessica Koslow, Chef/Owner of SQIRL
The Food & Space
The menu was designed to evoke memories from each of the four rooms: crispy & crumby in the den; rigid & formal in the dining room; discovery & experimentation in the kitchen; sensual & comforting in the bedroom.
The Team
Jon Sewitz — Chef (Noma, Café Boulud, Wolvesmouth, Animal)
Kelsey Isaacs — Visual Artist
Isaac Schneider — Producer, GM
Emma Wartzmann — Co-Producer, Baker
Behind The Scenes
