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Location: Laguna Beach, California 

Interior Designer: Kenneth Ussenko Design 

Construction: PDC General Contractors 

Photography: Vu Vuong 

Rum Social’s gastronomy story is about taking a step away from the daily routine and embarking on a kitchen and cocktail dance. A flow amongst colours, fabrics, textures and sounds of a beachfront island lounge… full of great flavours and fairy tales. 

This is a luxurious tropical dining experience, back-dropped by a revitalizing view of the Laguna Beach, California. The focus was to bring fun colours and textures into a space that would still bring an elevated experience for the dining customer. It was also important for Kenneth Ussenko Design to influence the space with small details of art and photography that was truly a part of their own journey throughout the tropical islands of the world as he was growing up. 

Rum Social is located in a beach town and the design integrates very well because of the tropical vibe with a “Tree-house” bar that takes you away to a Hemingway speakeasy with images and stories of beach life and sea tales. This design concept works so well because this town of Laguna Beach needed another elevated restaurant concept. Kenneth Ussenko Design wanted to bring a different kind of seaside dining experience and from the response of the locals this concept has been embraced very well.