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CHI City Safe Dining
Creating safe dining while saving our local resturants during the pandemic.
Heat it up
Enjoy dining out... even in cooler temperatures.
Chill with Taste: Chicago’s Winter Food Fest
An entertaining idea that will get both restaurants and patrons excited about eating outside in Chicago’s cold weather months!
Universal Virtual Queue System!
The SixKeys team will forever eliminate the need to stand in line!
Hearth Centric, Live-Fire Dining Experience
A neighborhood restaurant co-op of live, openfire cooking in-the-round with supplemental heat & ventilation under a makeshift shelter.
Chilly Chi-town Chowdown Rewards App
A Dining Rewards program App that rewards customers for dining outdoors by accumulating points that turn into cash to use at restaurants
comforTABLE: a heated table solution for everyone
Outdoor tables retrofitted with heaters and shared blankets create a cozy experience for diners to stay warm and shrug off the wind.
Westernized twist to Japanese style Kaiten-Sushi
Nothing is spared; we'll bring the heat and the food to your exact location as you dine with your friends!
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Winter Layers: Outdoor Dining Toolkit
A simple, adaptable solution based upon the layering of off-grid heating techniques with vibrant, interest-generating design
Small Plates Big Hearts
A community tasting event designed to offer a unique outdoor dining experience while protecting both diners and restaurants from COVID-19.
Winter Wonderland Parklet
The Winter Wonderland Parklet is creating an inviting outdoor dining experience: bright greenhouse by day & a carnival theme by night.
Workvana's Winter Workarounds!
Simple, scalable & cost efficient applications that can be assembled by common labor & attend to restaurant dining & employee safety.
Open Adjacent Winter Cabanas
Developed the concept of an adjustable open seating arrangement that is covid compliant and comfortable for patrons.
City of Chicago Winter Dining Challenge Indoor-Adjacent Ideas
Each table should have plasctice see thru room with air fillter.
The Take-In
A new curbside dine-in experience in Chicago that activates the streets throughout the winter while allowing restaurants to stay open.
Winter Layers, An Outdoor Dining Toolkit
A simple, adaptable solution based upon the layering of off-grid heating techniques with vibrant, interest-generating design
Container alley
A charming alley of container storefronts and restaurants
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City of Chicago | Winter Dining Challenge (C. Smoot)
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A section of street where restaurants put up tents/yurts outside their business.
Yurt Spurt
A section of street where restaurants put up tents/yurts outside their business.
Easy assembled igloo
A plastic shelter system that allows air exchange while avoid heat leaking.
