Work
10 builds, 10 different sites.
Each starts with a different local-business brief: the offer, the customer, and the decision the site needs to help someone make. We build the whole concept before anyone pays. No two use the same layout, because no two businesses should feel the same.
These are independent concept studies. Restaurant entries use real public businesses and were not commissioned or approved. Merrow & Vale is explicitly fictional; its projects and figures are invented. Each card states which kind it is.
Open live conceptThe Gilded Fork
Modern European · Mount Prospect, IL
Fine dining with a Polish soul, lit and paced like the dining room it belongs to.
Concept redesign · independent work, not affiliated with the restaurant
Open live conceptChick ’N Fizz
Wings & specialty sodas · Arlington Heights, IL
44 named sodas and 15 sauces organised so a first-time visitor can actually order.
Concept redesign · independent work, not affiliated with the restaurant
Open live conceptMerrow & Vale
Design-build renovation · Chicago, IL
A fictional contractor concept built around fixed-price work, schedule certainty and a cinematic project story.
Fictional company · projects and figures invented for this concept study
Open live conceptVia Roma
Roman Italian · Des Plaines, IL
A hand-drawn Trastevere façade instead of stock pasta, around a 45-seat family room.
Concept redesign · independent work, not affiliated with the restaurant
Open live conceptKOW Korean BBQ
All-you-can-eat KBBQ · Des Plaines, IL
Tabletop fire as the hero, with the AYCE tiers made legible on a phone.
Concept redesign · independent work, not affiliated with the restaurant
Open live conceptThe Chef Grill
Halal Turkish & Mediterranean · Elk Grove Village, IL
Charcoal grill work shot warm, with the full menu transcribed rather than dumped as a PDF.
Concept redesign · independent work, not affiliated with the restaurant
Open live conceptPlateia Mediterranean Kitchen
Greek · Des Plaines, IL
A town-square idea carried through the type, so the site feels like the room.
Concept redesign · independent work, not affiliated with the restaurant
Open live conceptGiacomo's Ristorante
Southern Italian · Des Plaines, IL
A family restaurant since 1988, given an editorial layout instead of a template.
Concept redesign · independent work, not affiliated with the restaurant
Open live conceptLa Marina Mariscos
Nayarit-style Mexican seafood · Des Plaines, IL
Bright, saturated seafood photography with a persistent order bar on mobile.
Concept redesign · independent work, not affiliated with the restaurant
Open live conceptLog Cabin Bar
Polish beer garden & sports bar · Des Plaines, IL
A bocce-and-beer-garden neighbourhood bar, told without pretending to be fine dining.
Concept redesign · independent work, not affiliated with the restaurant
Yours would be built the same way.
We build it first, on what you actually offer and your own photos, and you look at the finished thing before any money changes hands.
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Who you’re dealing with
CYLO is a small studio in Chicago’s Northwest suburbs. The people who build your site and set up your receptionist are the people who answer your email. There is no account manager in between.