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Concept Design · Restaurant & Bar

Stone & Grain

A high-impact single-page site for a craft restaurant. Focused on atmosphere, menu presentation, and driving reservations — no bloated plugins, just clean design that makes people hungry.

IndustryRestaurant & Bar

PackageFortify

Timeline3 weeks

PlatformHugo (Static)

The Brief

The Challenge

Restaurants live and die by first impressions. Most restaurant websites are either over-designed Flash-era relics or generic Squarespace templates with stock food photos. The goal was to create something that captures the feel of the space — dark, warm, intentional — and gets people to book a table within 30 seconds of landing.

What We Delivered

Single-page site with smooth scroll sections
Interactive menu with seasonal rotation support
OpenTable / reservation system integration
Instagram feed integration
Mobile-optimized with click-to-call
Google Maps embed with custom styling
Event section for live music and specials

The Design

stoneandgrain.ca

STONE&GRAIN

MenuStoryEventsPrivate Dining Reserve

Est. 2024 · Sault Ste. Marie

Fire. Flour.
Flavour.

Wood-fired pizza, house-made pasta, and craft cocktails in a space that feels like home. Reservations recommended.

Reserve a Table View Menu

— From Our Kitchen —

The Menu

From the Oven

Margherita DOP $18

San Marzano, fior di latte, fresh basil, Calabrian olive oil

Funghi $22

Wild mushroom, truffle cream, fontina, thyme

Diavola $21

Spicy soppressata, chili honey, mozzarella, fresh oregano

Handmade Pasta

Pappardelle Ragu $24

Slow-braised beef, pecorino romano, fresh herbs

Cacio e Pepe $19

Tonnarelli, aged pecorino, Tellicherry black pepper

Orecchiette $22

Broccoli rabe, Italian sausage, chili flakes, garlic

— The Bar —

Craft Cocktails

Handcrafted with local spirits and seasonal ingredients

Smoke & Stone

Mezcal, amaro, maple syrup, smoked rosemary

$16

Northern Negroni

London dry gin, Campari, sweet vermouth, orange peel

$15

Flour & Flame Sour

Bourbon, charred lemon, egg white, bitters

$15

Our Story

Built Around
the Oven.

Stone & Grain started with a simple idea: build the kind of restaurant we'd want to eat at every week. Wood-fired, handmade, unpretentious.

We source from Northern Ontario farms when the seasons allow, make our pasta fresh every morning, and fire our oven with local hardwood. No shortcuts, no frozen anything.

Wood-Fired Since Day One

Our custom stone oven reaches 900°F. Every pizza cooks in under 90 seconds.

Locally Sourced

Partnering with Algoma farms for seasonal produce, meats, and dairy.

Open Kitchen Concept

Watch your meal being crafted. The kitchen is part of the experience.

— Happening Here —

What's On

Every Friday · 8pm

Live Jazz Fridays

Local jazz and soul acts, cocktail specials, and late-night small plates until midnight.

Wednesdays · 5pm

Wine & Pasta Night

Three-course pasta tasting with paired wines. $45 per person. Reservations required.

Sat & Sun · 10am

Weekend Brunch

Wood-fired eggs, fresh pastries, espresso, and our famous brunch cocktails.

The Oven

The Space

Fresh Pasta

Cocktails

Live Music

Your Table Awaits.

Walk-ins welcome, but reservations are recommended — especially on weekends.

Reserve a Table →

Hours

Tue–Sun · 5pm–11pm

Brunch Sat & Sun · 10am–2pm

Call

(705) 555-0189

STONE&GRAIN

Wood-fired pizza, handmade pasta, and craft cocktails. 78 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie.

Navigate

Our Story

Events

Private Dining

Reservations

Connect

Instagram

Facebook

(705) 555-0189

hello@stoneandgrain.ca

Key Features

What Makes It Work

Menu Design

Structured menu sections with descriptions, pricing, and dietary tags. Easy for the owner to update seasonally through the CMS without touching code.

Reservation Flow

Primary CTA on every screen. Reserve button follows the user on scroll. Integration-ready for OpenTable, Resy, or a simple form — whatever the restaurant uses.

Atmosphere First

The design IS the marketing. Dark palette, warm accents, intentional typography that mirrors the restaurant's brand before the customer even walks in.

Our Approach

How We Built It

Brand Immersion

Started with the restaurant's identity — wood-fired, craft, neighborhood. Every design decision reinforces that positioning.

Single-Page Strategy

Restaurants don't need 15 pages. One page with clear sections — hero, menu, about, events, reserve — keeps the experience focused and the bounce rate low.

Performance

Built static with Hugo. No database, no server-side rendering. The site loads instantly — critical for mobile users searching 'restaurants near me' on a Friday night.

Local Discovery

Schema markup for Restaurant type, menu structured data, and Google Business optimization to own the local search results.

Like What You See?

We Can Build
Something Like This For You.

Every concept here was designed with a real business type in mind. Yours could be next.

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