Three decades ago, Jim Sweeney founded Mom’s Design Build, a firm named in honor of his mother’s care, problem-solving skills, and innate ability to champion the human spirit. The firm has kept this ethos at its core over the course of its existence, aiding Jim and his business partner Craig Weckman as they developed Mom’s Design Build into the most award-winning firm in the Twin Cities area.

Seasoned restaurateur, chef, and TV personality Vic Rallo joined forces with his business-minded brother, Bobby Rallo, to create New Jersey and New York restaurant concepts Birravino, Undici Taverna Rustica, and Surf, each with their own Italian charm and bona fide cuisine. Trattoria-style Birravino is the ideal spot to experience the authentic flavors of Italy right in New Jersey. Surf is the perfect neighborhood dining destination to enjoy artisan beers and unique cocktails in a warm, rustic environment. Undici, with its ancient stone and rustic wood accents, resembles a welcoming Tuscan farmhouse and offers rustic, homemade Italian cuisine.

Since 1989, Southern California’s Summit House Restaurant has been beloved by locals for being a charming, hospitable place where friends and families can meet to eat, drink, chat, and take in the hilltop views of North Orange County’s countryside. The owner and management team value taking care of not only their guests, but the people that take care of their guests as well. With this philosophy in mind, they created cozy, hospitable dining spaces and have truly prospered.

Infratech Visionary Anders Lasater and the award-winning team at Anders Lasater Architects have established a thriving luxury residential, boutique retail and hospitality practice. Their solutions maximize the best each site has to offer in terms of views, climate and exposures, for places that offer beautiful, comfortable and welcoming spaces on a personal scale, like at The Hall: Global Eatery in Costa Mesa, CA.

Johnston’s Saltbox is a name synonymous with quality and variety, highlighting the Bay Area's best local artisan products in a family-owned, local neighborhood-style restaurant. Their warm, inviting atmosphere has recently extended to an outdoor dining room in the form of a winter wonderland-esque greenhouse garden tent charmingly called the “Saltbox Bubble Lounge.” You can place your order at the outdoor patio window and sit down at one of their socially-distanced tables to enjoy a cozy mug of locally mulled wine in the beautiful San Carlos, California weather. The tent has recently been retrofitted with several ceiling-mounted CD-Series Infratech heating elements that offer guests the opportunity to dine outside in a vibrant, welcoming and comfortable space — an essential amenity, given today’s emphasis on promoting public health.