Porano pasta

St. Louis, MO

Located in downtown St. Louis in the MX Building directly across from the National Blues Museum, the restaurant’s design is sleek and modern without being cold. The lofted two-story space that used to house Takaya New Asian has been transformed with white subway tiles, light-colored wood tables and an impressive mural that transposes a fluid, orange-hued illustration of Italian-style buildings onto a black and white image of downtown St. Louis. 

A wooden staircase transports diners to an upstairs space with televisions and a foosball table. To soften the space, potted plants, including miniature olive trees, are placed around the room. Porano is a testing ground for Craft’s vision of the future of fast food, with the kitchen stations being set up like you might expect at a Chipotle.

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