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Three worldly food establishments flaunting a refined taste, with work from Guadalajara, Paris, and Milan. Lobby Bar by Estudio Albino Lobby Bar is a high-end bar and bistro in Washington DC offering “a refined yet playful take on classic American fare and craft cocktails”. The identity, designed by Guadalajara, Mexico-based Estudio Albino, is a cocktail in itself, mixing a slew of upscale and retro typographic stylings with a collection of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland-esque characters and some Art Nouveau-ish monograms. The contrast of the slick typographic treatments with the realistic illustrations and ornate monograms feels a little derivative of the Violaine & Jérémy aesthetic (which they don’t own per se but have definitely perfected) and it’s impossible to