Felix Forest

Photographer

Tedder Avenue has lived through periods of real glamour. Restaurants full every night, streets lined with cars that had no business being anywhere near a beach. Gold chains, gold tans, gold watches. The Golden Coast.

Bar Ricci is a renaissance of that strip. Designed by Studio Kennon, the venue takes its cues from the café trattoria in the Milanese tradition, the kind of eatery that glows from the inside out, built on energy, conversation and a love of food.

The design’s anchoring idea came from the restaurant’s name itself. Ricci means Sea Urchin in Italian. A delicacy with a rough exterior and a warm, peachy interior. That tension between hard edge and warm core runs through

the entire project. Outside, a rough render holds its texture against the street. Inside, the warmth reveals itself.

Deep yellow, warm red and gelati green draw on the Gold Coast’s own collective memory, the effect of a place that has absorbed its surroundings over time. Travertine, timber and textured surfaces deepen the character of the room.

Waiters move with pace. Conversation runs loud and animated. The smell of house-made focaccia moves through the room like a pulse. The space holds this energy while still making room for quieter moments: a table for two, a late lunch, a drink after the rush. The result is a room that feels vibrant and intimate at once.

Bar Ricci — Gold Coast, Australia — 2026

Milano meets Main Beach.

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