Monty’s Red Sauce

This January we were a part of the new build of Montelupo’s third location in Sellwood, Monty’s Red Sauce. The restaurant is just around the corner from the group’s second restaurant, the Focacceria. Like Montelupo, Monty’s entrance features a marketplace of grab-and-go items, including sauces, wines, and dried pasta from Berger’s own Rallenti Pasta line. The sprawling dining room is around 4,000 square feet, dwarfing Montelupo’s 1,500-square-foot plan. It seats around 80 in its red leather booths and dark wood tables, and another 10 fit at the long wooden bar. We worked with their contractor to help space plan and create build drawings for the wooden booths, which they built and installed. We came in at the end and dropped in the upholstered seats - by collaborating in the technical design, we were able to help them save money on construction and install.

Photos by Thomas Teal