Collect + Curate Studio

We are beyond thrilled to announce we are winners of the 2025 LIV Hospitality Design Award for Felicia Suzanne’s- category Fine Dining
Company/Firm
Collect + Curate Studio
Lead Designer
Natalie Lieberman
Other Designer(s)
Anna Utley Cassidy
Architect
Design Love Studio
Hospitality
Felicia Suzanne’s
Construction Company
Traditional Construction
Photo Credit
Andrew Welch Photo
Location
Memphis, TN
Project Date
04/15/2025
Developer
Tower Ventures
Felicia Suzanne’s 20-year legacy of dedication to Southern Creole cuisine continues in its second location, blending New Orleans charm with modern design. The restaurant features distinct but connected bar, dining, and lounge areas, creating a journey for guests through warm, backlit stone, striped millwork, pecky cypress, velvet drapery, and textured glass.

Guests enter from South Main Street into a drapery vestibule and see a glowing stone counter. The cozy lounge overlooks the bar and dining spaces, with comfortable round booths facing a modern bar of stone, brass, and mirrored elements. Movable millwork partitions separate event dining, where a pecky cypress ceiling and flexible banquettes create a unique ambiance.

The back patio hosts the BKS (Best Kept Secret) Bar and garden lounge with brick walls, gas lanterns, checkered tile, and French bistro seating, adjustable for groups of varying sizes. Glass doors lead to the intimate Bubble Lounge, featuring brass accents, plush seating, and a tented ceiling. The front patio is surrounded by greenery, ideal for market sandwiches or Sunday brunch.

We are honored to have won Top ID for . Thank you for this outstanding recognition! We so appreciative to our client trusting us and all the manufacturers and trades who helped make this project successful.

Eskayel’s Cocos fabric and wallpaper added the perfect amount of NOLA feel to the BKS (Best Kept Secret 🤫) Lounge at Felicia Suzanne’s 🥂 Photo by

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