‘La Crepa’ Food Stall in Madrid by Plutarco.

Housed within a neat 13 square metre shopfront, La Crepa is a little creperie and wine bar designed by Plutarco – a Madrid-based studio named after a Greek philosopher paraphrased by Shakespeare and admired by Francis Bacon. The brief was to fit a baker’s kitchen, bar, crepe stand, and seating into one condensed space in order to offer the full-flight experience.

A lacquered Yves Klein blue frame divides the space, acts as an awning over the counter, and creates the structure of the bar’s bottle rack. Textured glass partitioning masks the kitchen and the messier side of the baking and pancake process, while crepe hot plates remain on the front counter – where the all-important theatre of crepe-flipping can play out. Mirrors to the side of the counter widen the pint-sized space, and provide patrons with a view into the crepe action happening at all angles.

The countertop may be the most eye-catching feature of La Crepa. Made up of a rainbow of recycled plastic, it’s at once a sort of candy-coloured dream as well as being environmentally friendly. The surface has a very strong heat resistance, making it totally resilient to piping hot crepe preparation.

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[Images courtesy of Plutarco.]