An independent creative studio
Branding, design, digital advertising, and ongoing creative support for restaurants, hotels, and the people behind them.
Take a look aroundRestaurants & bars · Hotels & resorts · Music & culture
Digital advertising
An opening, a seasonal offer, or a reason to come back. We handle the creative and campaign management, with search, display, retargeting, video, and streaming TV in the mix.
Selected work
A few things we’ve made along the way.
Ongoing creative partnership
A hotel, a restaurant, a climbing gym, and a concert hall. Years of creative work, from guest-room details and menus to campaigns and website updates.
Branding + photographySeely’s Mill and Rhapsody Room. Two distinct identities, menus, and a library of food and interior photography.
Menus and campaigns for the restaurant, with photography covering the food, catering, and meal-prep side of the business.
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Chikatana / Identity & digital
From three original ant directions to menus, print, and two distinct website expressions.
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Apron Exchange / Brand identity & illustration
An identity that began with food businesses and grew to include jewelers, soap makers, and other independent makers.
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Escape Lounges / Food & lifestyle photography
Food and guest-experience photography across Reno, Sacramento, and Phoenix.
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Foodworks / Illustration & identity
Hand-drawn food illustration adapted for partner brands, printed collateral, and spaces.
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Browse the work archiveWorking together
The next menu revision is easier with someone who already knows the restaurant. That’s the idea behind ongoing creative support.
01 / KEEP IT CURRENT
Menu changes, seasonal promotions, email graphics, sales collateral, and website updates. Useful, consistent creative support with a clear monthly scope.
02 / MAKE A START
A new identity, a refreshed look, or a better website. A focused project that gives your business a system to work with.
03 / ROUND IT OUT
Illustration, food and hospitality photography, and art direction when the project calls for them. Shoots and larger productions are scoped separately.
Start with what you need. We’ll work out a sensible scope.
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Small studio. Eli Gross / Duckfat Chorizo
Most of the work is for restaurants, hotels, and music venues. Some are new projects; others are places we’ve worked with for years.
Duckfat Chorizo brings brand design, photography, and practical creative support together in one independent studio. You work directly with Eli, from the first conversation through the next round of changes.
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