First Look: Capitol Hill’s Manhattan Drugs
The restaurant’s unofficial mascot was inspired by a similar piece of art the owners saw in a SoDo gallery; that one featured a deer and uzis. Pardo contacted the Sacramento-based artist, Peter Gronquist, and commissioned one with a ram and M-16s.
Partner and general manager Corey St. John constructed the lights himself out of pipes. He modeled them after lights he made for his Capitol Hill loft.
The menu will feature steaks and craft cocktails..
Hence the steak knives.
The bar shelving came from an old pharmacy in Carnation, Wash. that dates back to the early 1900s.
The space also features those newfangled moving pictures. Three frames cycle strange black and white photos that are projected from the ceiling.
Ornate wallpaper is popping up at many Seattle restaurants, but Pardo helped design the custom version that adorns the walls at Manhattan Drugs.
The host stand was also salvaged from the Carnation pharmacy. It was originally attached to the bar shelving, but Pardo and St. John separated the two pieces.
