Sebastian Zura

Quemadero

Location
Malecón de La Paz, BCS
Year
2023
Typology
Hospitality
Client
TheF*Money
Photography
sebastian zura studio

A fire driven restaurant and bar on the La Paz malecón, facing the Sea of Cortez, photographed for TheF*Money in 2023. Premium Baja product from land and sea, open fire and signature mixology. The series runs through the venue: terrace and sea view, dining room, bar, wine cellar and exterior, capturing its material character and the warm atmosphere of the fire.

Terrace table under a woven palm-frond pendant with teak chairs, opening to palms and the Sea of Cortez, Quemadero in La Paz
Teak chair at a set table on the terrace edge, a palm and the sea beyond under a palm-frond pendant
Open courtyard with the black sculptural wood-fired oven and its brick chimney rising among cacti and misting fans, a table set below
Courtyard tables set under a tree with the black sculptural oven behind, cacti and brick paving
Dining room under a dark timber ceiling with two arched openings to the sea, set tables and wood chairs on polished concrete
Corner table set with wine glasses by an arched window framing a palm and the Sea of Cortez, an articulated black wall lamp above
Covered terrace with a reed roof on timber beams, a banquette with an orange-tiled base and a concrete table among tall cacti
Table set with wine glasses on the signature poem-printed linen, teak chairs and cacti under a reed roof by arched openings
A screen of tall cacti beside a weathered timber post under the reed roof, orange velvet banquettes below in striped light
Bar under a ceiling of wavy gold pendants, marble tables with white chairs and a bottle-lined back bar over brick
Curved marble bar with a backlit base, a suspended rack of inverted glasses and liquor shelves under wavy gold pendants
Bar room beneath a sculptural ceiling of wavy gold discs, upholstered stools at the counters and brick walls and floor
Detail of the curved marble bar with a brass-lit base and hanging glasses, a cactus glimpsed through the window on a brick floor
Wine wall of leather cradles on black metal rails holding bottles, Quemadero on the La Paz malecón
Wine cellar under a brick barrel vault, bottles resting in leather cradles on a blue-grey wall
Close-up of the wine wall, bottles held in leather cradles on black rails with a red bottle standing out
The rusted steel Quemadero sign, reading Burning Baja, against a clear sky above the reed roof
Close-up of the signature Burning La Baja linen with a red drawing and script, a fork and folded napkin in striped light
Black cubic volume topped with cacti and a gnarled branch against the sky, a concrete sphere pendant hanging nearby
The curved black form of the fire oven beside a tree and a red brick wall in the courtyard, a dark wood door behind
Courtyard detail of a bare sculptural tree against a red brick wall beside the black organic form of the fire oven
Looking up at the tall brick chimney of the wood-fired oven beside two cardón cacti against a cloudy sky
View through a black-framed arched window into the dining room with tables and wood chairs on polished concrete
Looking up at charred timber beams supporting a reed ceiling, light filtering through onto a lettered tile wall
Abstract of charred timber beams and a reed roof streaked with daylight
Detail of charred timber beside raw concrete, light cutting across the burnt grain
Detail of striped light across an orange-tiled banquette base and a cactus planter
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