Keen Restaurant

Zen and the Art of Carpentry

Where do you go to find inspiration? 

What drives your spirit to climb to your highest potential in everything you do? 

Do you wake up and relive your yesterdays as if you were stuck in a pattern of repetition? If so, it may be time to get onboard with the ever changing world around you and embrace the infinite possibilities of the unknown. 

To be an organic creator is to take every waking moment as your greatest inspiration, to utilize the power of being in the present moment. All your power exists in the eternal moment that is now. If you're stuck reliving the past, or worried for the future, you are further away then you could ever be from the field of infinite creativity. 

To get into the zone and find your true creative power, you must let go of everything and be fully present now! 

When Loro Bros was given creative freedom, and tasked with creating a unique restaurant in the swanky Rittenhouse section of Philadelphia, we stayed true to ourselves and created everything organically. After many challenges and over three years of dedicated work, we unveiled Keen restaurant in November of 2017.

The restaurant has since changed its name to Midnight Iris, and despite many more challenges due to the pandemic, she had to close her doors for many months, and has since become by appointment only for private parties. We can only hope all her visitors grace her presence with the energy of the present moment, and appreciate the integrity and the love so masterfully woven into every surface.

1st Floor Entrance

*Photo curtesy of Phillip Drucker Photography

Dining room

*Photo curtesy of Phillip Drucker Photography

Women's Bathroom 2nd floor

*Photo curtesy of Phillip Drucker Photography

His and Hers Bathroom doors

2nd Floor Bar front

Sun is Shining Bar inlay

2nd Floor Bar 

2nd Floor Lounge with bookshelf door

1st Floor Guest Bathroom

*Photo curtesy of Phillip Drucker Photography

2nd Floor Bar

*Photo curtesy of Phillip Drucker Photography

Custom Bar Tops 

1st floor Bar

A project like this doesn't happen without an entire team of dedicated trade partners, working in less than ideal conditions, battling parking restraints, dealing with the horrors of filing city permits and sometimes working on top of each other to get it finished. A masterpiece like this is never done without having a ton of fun behind the scenes, despite all the blood sweat and tears it takes to get there.