Rock Bottom Brewery: Beverly Hills Hotel
Rock Bottom Brewery held a special event with the retro theme of “The Beverly Hills Hotel.” We captured that iconic style on the chalkboards presenting the food and drink specials.
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Giant Chalkboard World Map and Retail Boards for Wixter Fish Market
In 2016, Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio was hired by Wixter Market, a new fish market in Wicker Park, to create three chalkboards as functional statement pieces for their storefront. The first board is a five-by-ten-foot chalkboard world map with the continents shaded and each country identified in large hand-lettering. The artists then drew charming […]
Woven and Bound
In 2017, the South Loop welcomed Chicago’s sixth largest hotel in the Marriott Marquis. This Marriott is located near McCormick Place, the largest convention center in North America, and boasts among other amenities a full-service, 400-seat restaurant: Woven + Bound. The Marriott Marquis Chicago contacted Pochis Bank Art Studio to add hand-lettered specials and illustrations […]
Illustrated Menu for The Boiler Shrimp and Crawfish
Pochis Bank Art Studio was hired to re-design an illustrated chalkboard menu for The Boiler Shrimp and Crawfish in Skokie, IL. Nancy and the team wanted to design a cleaner and more organized chalkboard menu with more realistic illustrations of the sea food. They decided to divide the various menu items into categories and created a section for […]
Harvest Juicery
Harvest Juicery hired Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio to create a rustic hand lettered menu for their store front in Chicago’s West Loop. The Studio first became acquainted with Harvest Juicery‘s yummy goodness in 2014, while creating chalkboard menus for Blue Door Farm Stand, where a variety of HJ juices are sold.
Glenwood Oaks Restaurant
Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio was hired by Glenwood Oaks Rib & Chop House in Homewood, Illinois to create two western-style carryout menu boards. Studio artists chose rustic-framed chalkboards with fun old west fonts.
Oaktree Restaurant and Bakery
Last week, Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio drew a lot of bread. Seventeen loaves, to be exact. The Studio was hired by DesignScout to hand-letter and illustrate five menu boards for the Gold Coast’s Oaktree Restaurant and Bakery. The real loaves themselves are works of art and our Studio artists enjoyed creating chalk illustrations of each one. Thank you […]
Back at Blue Door Farm Stand
Last week, Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio went back to Blue Door Farm Stand to completely re-draw their chalkboard food menus and create a new beverage menu. BDFS has just revealed it’s new Spring menu, full of fresh and local ingredients. Just like the last time we worked with Blue Door, we can’t wait to […]
Beer Menu: Begyle Brewing
Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio’s friendly downstairs neighbors, Begyle Brewing, have been perfecting their beer brewing techniques over the past couple years. Earlier this month they opened their retail door at 1800 W. Cuyler, ready to sell bottles and growlers to the public. We created this chalk art menu and will be updating it as new […]
