NEW · 08Codex · A fresh direction
Gather Around the Fire
Warm ivory, river blue, expressive serif type, and real food. An inviting restaurant built around Craft, Authentic, Community, and Passion.
Simple navigation + mobile menu and directions
Eight complete directions · One restaurant
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South Main.
Explore eight complete restaurant directions and the full Summer 2026 menu. New: Gather Around the Fire, built from a fresh brief around Craft, Authentic, Community, and Passion.
NEW · 08
01Codex · Fire & food
The Hearth
A fire-led opening with a generous dropdown for food, drinks, and the visit.
Sticky header + menu dropdown
02Codex · Bright & relaxed
River House
A light, welcoming page with a spacious navigation panel and direct menu access.
Full-screen editorial navigation
03Codex · Bold & social
After the Adventure
Adventure energy with always-visible desktop destinations and thumb-friendly mobile actions.
Side rail + mobile bottom actions
04Claude · Bright baseline
Original / v1
Claude’s bright split hero and familiar, immediately visible navigation.
Classic sticky horizontal header
05Claude · Dark & atmospheric
Ember
Claude’s dramatic steakhouse direction with a restrained header and slide-out navigation.
Transparent header + side drawer
06Claude · Best fit for the brief
River Light
Claude’s airy editorial direction with balanced navigation and labeled section shortcuts.
Centered logo + section index
07Claude · Brewery energy
Basecamp
Claude’s playful outdoor direction with separate exploration and practical navigation.
Two-tier header + quick links
My recommendation after reading the brief
River Light’s atmosphere.
The Hearth’s menu navigation.
River Light best reflects “steakhouse vibes, but open and bright.” The Hearth’s visible dropdown makes a large menu easier to explore. The full-screen and side-rail concepts offer more distinctive alternatives to test against that practical baseline.
Start with River Light ↗More research. More ways to explore.
A good visit starts
with a clear way in.
Mountain Standard ↗
Distinct food, drinks, wine, and visit destinations. Inspired category shortcuts and mobile quick actions.
Sweet Basil ↗
Expandable groups make a broad site manageable. Inspired the menu dropdown and organized navigation panels.
The Still ↗
Food, drinks, gatherings, and hospitality are distinct guest interests. Inspired a dine-in focus with ordering secondary.
Guard and Grace ↗
A repeated primary action keeps the next step clear. Here it is “View the menu,” with no unconfirmed booking flow.
What changed, and what still needs confirmation
- The original seven concepts follow the restaurant design brief. Gather Around the Fire explores a fresh direction with warm ivory, river blue, copper accents, and serif headlines. The personal-use Billion Dreams font is not embedded.
- Every concept includes the same complete supplied Summer 2026 menu: 66 item blocks, 21 beer/wine rows, and 68 modifier/side rows, plus featured steak frites, category introductions, and the original dietary legend.
- Claude’s layouts are preserved while navigation, menu accessibility, footer links, and visit information are expanded.
- Unconfirmed reservations, event capacity, event email, and street-parking claims have been removed. Hours and menu content follow the supplied brief and mockup source, not a new live-menu verification.
- All photos come from the supplied Claude files; the brief documents their professional-shoot origins. The sliced-steak photo is not treated as verified elk photography.
- Working design concepts for team review, hosted at restaurant-concepts.eddyline-ops.com.