Cafe Pause | Wallpaper*

Bar counter with stools, overhead canopy cabinets , cake display rack — (Image credit: TBC)

When the town of Ostfildern, a peaceful suburb of Stuttgart, approached local architects Ippolito Fleitz to remodel the popular Café Pause in the town’s centre, they were adamant that the venue was given a new lease of life to inspire a fresh, sophisticated direction. Intended for use as an arts space for a nearby musical academy or theatre companies as well as its previous function as a casual eaterie and meeting place, the new interior design combines facets of modernity and a cosy, local feel, centred around a striking circumferential, upholstered bench encompassing two existing columns and facing a gleamingly smooth marble bar. Freestanding tables and chairs are easily shifted to create performance space, and while the interior is blessed with both scope and natural light, diner-style seating and banquettes restore that all-important cosiness for enjoying a weekly-changing menu of Mediterranean-influenced dishes and regional specialties like tender tafelspitz (slowly simmered top round of beef) served with an invigorating horseradish sauce.

Island couch with stools and small round tables

Centre couch island with mustard yellow cushions and round bar tables with stools along wall

Short stools surround island couch centerpiece with lighting from the roof

Booths line the back corner of the restaurant

Floor to ceiling windows with low hanging light fixtures

Photo frames cover the back wall opposite the booths

Rows of tables and chairs have a view of the outside from the front of the restaurant

ADDRESS

Esslinger Straße 26
Ostfildern

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