Hi Felicia & Sluts the Wine Bar
Category
Commercial
Location
Uptown Oakland & SoMa, San Francisco
Year Completed
2022
About
Chef Imana’s culinary work began as intimate dinner parties hosted on the deck of her Oakland home. When the project expanded into brick-and-mortar restaurants, the architecture sought to preserve that sense of closeness and improvisation.
Hi Felicia in Oakland layers vivid color, handmade objects, and expressive lighting into a dining room that feels theatrical yet deeply personal.
Sluts the Wine Bar in San Francisco pushes that energy outward, opening the façade and placing the social life of the restaurant directly on display. Both spaces extend Imana’s concept of “vulgar fine dining,” where humor, spectacle, and culinary experimentation share the same stage.
Project Recognition
Hospitality Design Magazine, “Novel Approach - the Rebel”
The Wall Street Journal, “Champagne in Dixie Cups. Pancakes Flecked with Gold. Fine Dining Gets Fun Again.”
Michelin Guide, “Oakland’s Hi Felicia Subverts the Fine Dining Experience with a Bold Attitude”
EaterSF, “There’s a Seat for Everyone at the Modern Bay Area Supper Club”
7x7, “Hi Felicia's charismatic 25-year-old chef is redefining fine dining for the rest of us”
San Francisco Chronicle, “Hotly anticipated Hi Felicia Supper Club restaurant announces spring opening in Uptown Oakland”
Eater, “Hi Felicia, a ‘Vulgar’ Fine Dining Restaurant With Michelin Star Ambitions, Opens April 24”
Team: Designed and implemented by Anand Sheth and Imana. Custom artwork by Meryl Pataky and Gabriel Isaac Kasor. Custom woodwork by Kirk Svensson. Curtain’s by Nicholas V. Ruiz. Photographed by Nicholas V. Ruiz.
