| THE WALKTHROUGH 08.26.09 9:00 AM |
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| Italian Trattoria Kora Opens With Pasta and Private Dining |
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| On August 12, chefs and brothers Morou and Amadou Ouattara opened the 6,900-square-foot restaurant and bar Kora in the Crystal City space that formerly housed Roberto Donna’a Bebo. Newly reconfigured by Washington-based Grizform Design Architects, the bright contemporary venue has soaring walls of glass and a color scheme of purple and gray with white accents. Like Donna’s enterprise, the menu highlights trattoria-style Italian fare with an emphasis on house-made pastas and pizzas. |
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 | The 45-seat private dining room has one wall covered in purple silk as well as a 20-foot beamed ceiling and skylight.
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 | The 188-seat main dining room is divided into three sections by see-through dividers.
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 | Near the restaurant entrance, a four-seat dining counter faces an open kitchen and wood-burning oven.
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 | The 21-seat bar has a polished cement floor and bar top.
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At the entrance, there is a small lounge area with black leather sofas and a dining bar for four overlooking an open pizza kitchen outfitted with an elaborately tiled wood-burning oven. To the left, the airy main dining room is broken into three sections by see-through dividers and features undulating sheer fabric overhead and a massive four-panel Warhol-esque photo of chef Morou’s three-year-old daughter, Kora.
Guests climb one step to the 21-seat bar and the 45-seat private dining room, where a wall covered in purple silk leads the eye to the 20-foot beamed ceiling and skylight.
—Walter Nicholls
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