Askew House

Branding

Askew House is a gourmet plant-based restaurant that is coming soon to downtown Raleigh. The restaurant concept is a collaboration between Bittersweet’s Kim Hammer and Fiction Kitchen’s Caroline Morrison and will allow Chef Caroline to showcase her amazing vegan and vegetarian fine dining.

The Askew-Taylor building is significant to me because it housed the shop where I bought all my art supplies while I was in Design School at NC State (and for many years after). The building itself holds a special spot in so many people’s hearts and memories as it was a staple of downtown Raleigh. We wanted to pay homage to the building structure with architectural line work. Also, we wanted to incorporate the history of the place as an art store and paint shop with painterly swashes and brush-like carrots.