NZ Visual Diary - entry 460

Grill Planet BBQ Buffet - Lorne Street

Rents are high so shops along Lorne Street are small. The economic pressures that shape scale result in a row of retail and food shops that resemble so many mouse holes along a wall of low-profile commercial buildings on either side of the street. The commercial buildings on the west side of the street are themselves dwarfed by the towering profile of office buildings along nearby Queen Street, as suggested by the background within today’s photograph.

I traversed this familiar stretch of the central city in the dimming light of late afternoon. Against a darkening streetscape, the Grill Planet BBQ Buffet looked luminous. The orange interior lights were especially inviting. The leading lines of a partially lowered ceiling lent to the compact restaurant a beguiling sense of depth. The dining venue exuded warmth and comfort.

I was bedazzled by Grill Planet’s visual charm.