Just about every restaurant and hotel these days offers outdoor dining, but as we approach the spring and summer months, how can you make your outdoor dining space stand out from your competitors’ outdoor dining spaces? For starters, take a cue from some of these 7 restaurants that are reinventing outdoor dining.

I know you can feel it. Spring has finally sprung, vaccines are rolling out, and people seem charged up to get outside! At Agency 967, we’re always on the lookout for new and inventive spaces that fulfill a client’s needs. Whether you’re a restaurant, hotel, travel attraction, or any other business, you probably already know how challenging it can sometimes be to create a space that functions exactly the way you need it to, while also being aesthetically pleasing and not just the same ol’ same ol’.

With more and more businesses focusing on the outdoors, creating new spaces for their customers that allow for social-distancing and a greater sense of privacy even when working or dining in the open air, they’re likewise looking for more aesthetically appealing and attractive design solutions. From pods to cabanas, you can now find near-endless ways to dine or socialize outdoors in some of the world’s best cities, from Los Angeles to NYC.

One design trend you’ll see a lot of, and which more businesses should pay attention to? Micro-architecture.

Restaurant Entrepreneurs in many cities have figured out some pretty inventive ways to encroach upon the sidewalks and flood into the streets to keep their doors open and delight guests. I hope these innovative outdoor structures are here to stay, as they will draw and keep more city dwellers on the streets. Let’s reimagine our cities; give our cities back to pedestrians, bikers, and outdoor dining.

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