{"id":1134,"date":"2015-05-23T11:22:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T16:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2015-06-10T09:54:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T14:54:13","slug":"herringbone-cement-tile-at-chicagos-franklin-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/herringbone-cement-tile-at-chicagos-franklin-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Herringbone Cement Tile at Chicago&#8217;s Franklin Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/chicago-franklin-room-entrance-sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/chicago-franklin-room-entrance-sign.jpg\" alt=\"The Franklin Room Chicago Entrance\" width=\"418\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/chicago-franklin-room-entrance-sign.jpg 783w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/chicago-franklin-room-entrance-sign-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Franklin Room continues the trend of bringing back Chicago&#8217;s history of neighborhood taverns, but with a classy, upscale,\u00a0decor which includes a\u00a0entire floor\u00a0of Villa Lagoon Tile.<\/p>\n<p>This lively lunch and dinner spot sports\u00a0expensive bourbons in cages and an emphasis on great &#8220;pub grub&#8221; and serving liquor neat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/franklin-room-cement-tile-floor-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  aligncenter wp-image-1171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/franklin-room-cement-tile-floor-VLT.jpg\" alt=\"franklin-room-cement-tile-floor-VLT\" width=\"714\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/franklin-room-cement-tile-floor-VLT.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/franklin-room-cement-tile-floor-VLT-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ladies and Gentlemen \u00a0are \u00a0welcome&#8230;so says the sign at Chicago&#8217;s new pub\/ tavern\/bar\/restaurant <a title=\"The Franklin Room Restaurant Bar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.franklinroom.com\/\">The Franklin Room.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0The Franklin Room is a proper city tavern and urban\u00a0speakeasy located in the popular River North neighborhood. Described by Google as &#8220;Creative, wide-ranging American menu &amp; brown booze, sake &amp; tons of beers in a subterranean space&#8221; and we would add &#8220;sporting a handsome <a title=\"Herringbone cement tile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/cement-tile\/patterns\/herringbone\/\">hand crafted herringbone tile floor<\/a> from Villa Lagoon Tile&#8221;.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/herringbone-cement-tile-installation-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1173 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/herringbone-cement-tile-installation-VLT.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of Villa Lagoon Tile Herringbone cement tile\" width=\"698\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/herringbone-cement-tile-installation-VLT.jpg 698w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/herringbone-cement-tile-installation-VLT-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn areas around the entrance and the bar a coordinating checkerboard pattern is made from two shades of VLT&#8217;s solid color\u00a0cement tiles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/encaustic-cement-tile-chicago-restaurant-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  aligncenter wp-image-1169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/encaustic-cement-tile-chicago-restaurant-VLT.jpg\" alt=\"encaustic-cement-tile-chicago-restaurant-VLT\" width=\"699\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/encaustic-cement-tile-chicago-restaurant-VLT.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/encaustic-cement-tile-chicago-restaurant-VLT-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With such a wide expanse of richly colored and patterned cement tiles it is easy to see how custom cement tiles can really contribute to creating a special atmosphere\u00a0in a restaurant or bar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/the-franklin-room-telephone-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  aligncenter wp-image-1174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/the-franklin-room-telephone-sm.jpg\" alt=\"the-franklin-room-telephone-sm\" width=\"259\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/the-franklin-room-telephone-sm.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/the-franklin-room-telephone-sm-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Franklin Room continues the trend of bringing back Chicago&#8217;s history of neighborhood taverns, but with a classy, upscale,\u00a0decor which includes a\u00a0entire floor\u00a0of Villa Lagoon Tile. This lively lunch and dinner spot sports\u00a0expensive bourbons in cages and an emphasis on great &#8220;pub grub&#8221; and serving liquor neat. &nbsp; &nbsp; Ladies and Gentlemen \u00a0are \u00a0welcome&#8230;so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/herringbone-cement-tile-at-chicagos-franklin-room\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Herringbone Cement Tile at Chicago&#8217;s Franklin Room<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,107,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cement-tile-in-restaurants","category-cement-tile-installations","category-design-and-style"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Herringbone Cement Tile at Chicago&#039;s Franklin Room - Cement Style<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Herringbone cement tile at Chicago&#039;s Franklin Room subterranean pub contributes to luxe decor. 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