Restaurateur and interior designer Barbara Lazaroff, A.S.I.D., is renowned for her innovative restaurant concepts. As President of Imaginings Interior Design, Inc., Lazaroff created the original concept and original design of Spago.
Lazaroff collaborated with her partner, chef Wolfgang Puck, to create and design a number of their restaurants, including the original Spago in West Hollywood (1982), which was the 1994 recipient of the James Beard Foundation’s award for Restaurant of the Year. In that
creation, Lazaroff launched a new concept in kitchen design by creating an exhibition
kitchen, which has become very popular in restaurants today.
With Puck, Lazaroff owns Spago (Beverly Hills, Las Vegas and Maui), Chinois on Main, and Trattoria del Lupo, Postrio Bar & Grill and Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill in Las Vegas.
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