Food & Drinks

The Most Important Person at a Restaurant? The Hollywood Set Designer

Wes Anderson alums and Hamilton stage designers are in demand as restaurateurs look for new ways to make a scene.

Kris Moran had five months to source props for Wes Anderson’s 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums, including three to prep. “When you’re on set, filming, it runs around $200,000 per day. You have to be prepared or everything stops,” says the set designer.

And for the interiors of the Bombay Bread Bar restaurant? One week.