| It was a bit of a novelty that the establishments were | | | | invest in rugs and cloth wall coverings and cloth |
| ceiling-less with exposed duct work, sometimes | | | | bunches to stuff under the tables to absorb noise. |
| painted a complimentary color to the décor and | | | | 3. It is not cozy. Maybe cozy isn't your ambiance |
| sometimes left natural. | | | | choice and that's fine. However, if it is, and you do not |
| But now I ask, where have all of the ceilings gone? | | | | have a ceiling, then the atmosphere of your restaurant |
| Why is this an issue? | | | | and bar is not cozy. Not having a ceiling promotes a |
| 1. It is not unique any more. When every place has the | | | | feeling of open and vastness and relative coldness |
| same atmosphere, there's no variety. You can argue | | | | and not warmth and comfort. Go to Six Pence and |
| that the different establishments have different | | | | feel how warm and cozy it is with the low, tin like |
| décor, different colors, theme, ambiance, | | | | ceilings and then go to your establishment and see if |
| flooring, etc. Yes, this is true, but all of these | | | | you feel the same way. |
| restaurants and bars have the same overall feeling of | | | | 4. It's kind of ugly. There are so many different, |
| vastness and openness. That feel is the same in each | | | | beautiful ways to dress a ceiling. Look at the Sistine |
| place (so far almost all of the places we've been) that | | | | Chapel! A bit of an exaggeration, I know, but a painted, |
| has the open ceiling. | | | | or mosaic design or tin tiled ceiling is much prettier and |
| 2. It is loud. Open ceilings encourage noise to carry on | | | | well more interesting than duct work. |
| and on. My husband and I dined at an Italian restaurant | | | | You may not be in the position to hire a contractor to |
| a few weeks ago and there was no ceiling and wood | | | | rebuild your ceiling, but the next redo or upgrade or |
| floors. We could not hear ourselves over a party that | | | | even acquisition, consider being unique and add a |
| was occurring on the other side of the restaurant. If | | | | ceiling. |
| your restaurant is in a similar situation, you need to | | | | |